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Southern Water is to relocate 200 staff from Falmer, Chatham and Otterbourne to its headquarters in Worthing over the next six months. 23-Nov-2009 Southern Water is to be sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to a consortium led by JPMorgan Asset Management of the US for £4.2bn. 10-Oct-2007 Southern Water, the utility supplier with about 2,000 staff in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, has been put up for sale by Royal Bank of Scotland with a price tag of about £4bn. 04-Jun-2007 Southern Water is to seek permission for the development of a £200m waste water plant and sludge recycling centre at Peacehaven, Sussex. 18-Mar-2005 Southern Water is to be acquired by Vivendi Environnement of France for £2.05bn, taking Vivendi's share of the UK water market to 10%. 08-May-2002 Scottish Power has announced plans to sell Southern Water to a newly-created investment vehicle called First Aqua for £2.05bn, which is expected to lead to a follow-on sale to Vivendi of France. 11-Mar-2002 Scottish Power has announced plans for the £1.9bn refinancing of its Southern Water business through the bonds market, having dropped plans to find a buyer. 08-Nov-2001 Scottish Power has been approached by Enel of Italy about the possible sale of its Worthing-based Southern Water subsidiary. 19-Apr-2001 Southern Water has awarded a £6.5m contract to Paterson Candy to upgrade its Hardham water supply works in Sussex. 07-Jun-2000 Southern Water is planning to invest £125m over the next five years, in order to expand its water grid to cope with the expected growth in new housing in the south-east. 17-May-2000 Southern Water has awarded a £10m contract to Dean & Dyball to build two pumping stations at Newport on the Isle of Wight. 13-Jan-2000 Scottish Power is to install combined heat and power generators at five sewage works owned by its Southern Water subsidiary, in order to supply electricity to up to 5,000 homes in the south of England. 19-Jul-1999 Southern Water is planning a £25m waste-water treatment project at Bexhill, and it is expected to award the contract to German process engineer Wabag and contractor Miller. 22-Oct-1998 Southern Water is to cut 390 jobs over the next five years in a major restructuring programme that will result in the closure of four regional head offices. 11-Sep-1998 Scottish Power has sold Greenhill Enterprises, the landfill and mineral extraction company acquired with Southern Water in 1996, to Haul Waste Group, the South West Water subsidiary, for £10.6m. 05-Nov-1997 AEA Technology is acquiring ERG Environmental Resource Group, the environmental engineering business, from Southern Water for £6m. 09-Sep-1997 Williams has acquired Sectron, the security monitoring business, from Southern Water for £1.8m. 08-Jul-1997 Scottish Power has launched a £1.56bn bid for Southern Water, and if it succeeds it would become the country's largest multi-utility. 29-May-1996
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