United Utilities is to invest £700m in infrastructure projects over the next year, including water treatment works in Manchester and Liverpool, while 40 apprentices will be recruited every year until 2015. [28-May-2012]
United Utilities is considering a proposal to build a £2.6bn water pipe next to the HS2 rail link between London and Manchester by 2033, in order to manage water shortages. [27-Feb-2012]
United Utilities is looking to recruit 40 apprentices at its water operations in Bolton, Manchester, Stockport, Warrington and Wigan. [13-Feb-2012]
United Utilities has won permission for the £200m expansion of its waste treatment plant at Sandon Dock in Liverpool, with the creation of up to 350 jobs. [16-Jan-2012]
United Utilities is to recruit up to 40 apprentices a year for the next four years, as part of a programme to improve its water and waste operations in the North West. [25-Jan-2011]
United Utilities is to create 250 new jobs at call centres in Warrington and Whitehaven, in order to transfer billing and payments work from abroad. [06-Dec-2010]
United Utilities is to sell its 50% stake in the Meter Fit non-regulated gas and electricity meter ownership business to its joint venture partner Marlin Acquisitions for £119m. [02-Aug-2010]
United Utilities is to sell its non-regulated water businesses to Veolia Environnement of France for about £175m, including operations in Scotland, Bulgaria, Estonia and Poland. [15-Jun-2010]
United Utilities has sold its water and wastewater treatment operations in Australia to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for £136m. [11-May-2010]
United Utilities is shedding up to 500 jobs at its water, gas and electricity operations in Warrington and across the country by March. [28-Jan-2010]
United Utilities is planning to shed up to 260 jobs at its Warrington-based water business. [11-Nov-2009]
United Utilities is to invest £4.3m in a pilot project to generate gas at its Davyhulme wastewater treatment plant in Manchester. [16-Jun-2009]
United Utilities and Interserve have been selected as preferred bidders for a municipal waste treatment contract for Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council, including the development of a new plant. [22-Dec-2008]
United Utilities has sold its Norweb electricity distribution business to a consortium of Colonial First State Global Asset Management and JP Morgan Asset Management for £1.8bn. [26-Nov-2007]
United Utilities is looking to sell its electricity distribution assets in the North West for up to £1.4bn, in order to focus on water. [06-Jun-2007]
United Utilities is to sell its Vertex Data Science business outsourcing division to a private equity consortium led by Oak Hill Capital Partners for £217m. [16-Jan-2007]
United Utilities is considering the future of 258 staff at its Vertex outsourcing call centre in Knowsley, as energy company PowerGen is said to be planning to take its work back in-house. [08-Sep-2006]
United Utilities has appointed Merrill Lynch to review the strategic options for its Vertex outsourcing business, having received a number of takeover approaches. [14-Jun-2006]
United Utilities is to acquire 1st Software Group, the financial planning software company, for an initial £25m, in order to expand its Vertex Financial Services division. [10-Feb-2006]
United Utilities is creating up to 24 new jobs for engineers in its gas emergency service in the north-east, Yorkshire and northern Cumbria. [09-Dec-2005]
United Utilities has awarded a £50m contract to a consortium of Amec and Lurgi UK to expand the Mersey Valley sludge processing plant near Widnes by 2008. [01-Sep-2005]
United Utilities has warned of job losses among the 1,600-strong workforce at its recently-acquired Marlborough Stirling financial services business. [03-Jun-2005]
United Utilities has acquired Marlborough Stirling, the financial software company, for £95m, in order to expand its Vertex Data Science division. [09-Mar-2005]
United Utilities has sold 40 green energy projects to Novera Energy and Macquarie Bank for £63m, including 29 landfill gas sites, ten small hydropower sites and one mine gas site. [22-Dec-2004]
United Utilities is to shed 200 jobs in its electricity and water operations over the next three years, as part of a cost reduction programme. [15-Dec-2004]
United Utilities is looking to sell its green energy operations for about £80m, including some small hydroelectric plants and windfarms currently under construction. [29-Nov-2004]
United Utilities, the water and power supplier, has won a £427m outsourcing contract to deliver services to Thurrock council in Essex. [15-Nov-2004]
United Utilities has won approval from the Welsh Assembly to build a £120m wind farm with 30 turbines off the coast of Porthcawl. [09-Jul-2004]
United Utilities is seeking contractors to build a £30m bio-fuel plant at an undisclosed location in South Wales. [20-May-2004]
United Utilities has acquired Eurocall, the Manchester-based telecoms company with 137 staff, for £42m, in order to expand its Your Communications business. [02-Mar-2004]
United Utilities has announced a £1bn rights issue to fund a water quality and environmental improvement programme. [29-Jul-2003]
United Utilities and Peel Holdings are to submit plans for a £50m 26-turbine wind farm on moor land between Rawtenstall and Rochdale. [10-Jun-2003]
United Utilities has unveiled proposals to build 12 wind turbines at Clowbridge near Burnley. [02-Jan-2003]
United Utilities and Abbey National Treasury Services have won a £225m contract from British Gas to install and maintain about 5m gas meters in northern England and North Wales. [22-May-2002]
United Utilities has announced a £245m project to rejuvenate the water industry infrastructure throughout west Lancashire and north Manchester, and has awarded a three-year contract to KMI Water. [28-Feb-2002]
United Utilities is planning to invest £200m in renewable energy schemes, including wind farms, landfill gas, biomass and hydroelectric plants. [19-Nov-2001]
United Utilities is considering plans to build wind farms and grow green energy crops in Cumbria, in an attempt to find alternative uses for former sheep grazing land. [06-Aug-2001]
United Utilities is to shed 185 jobs as it reduces the volume of contracting work carried out for Welsh water company Glas Cymru. [05-Jun-2001]
United Utilities is looking to outsource more activities to reduce the impact of regulatory price cuts on its water and electricity businesses, and is also considering plans to float part of its Vertex call centre division. [25-May-2001]
United Utilities is to change the name of its Norweb Telecom subsidiary to Your Communications at a cost of £1m, in order to shed its regional identity. [02-May-2001]
United Utilities has won a £450m outsourcing contract to manage water services in Wales, which will involve the transfer of 1,400 staff from Welsh Water. [30-Mar-2001]
United Utilities is linking up with International Water to acquire a 50% stake in Tallinna Vesi, the Estonian water company, for about £50m. [17-Jan-2001]
United Utilities is to buy the non-regulated water supply and waste water operations of Hyder from Western Power Distribution for £75m, allowing WPD to focus on Hyder's power business. [22-Dec-2000]
United Utilities is to reorganise its business into five separate divisions - water and electricity infrastructure in the north-west, retail water supply, water asset management, Vertex IT management and Norweb Telecom. [26-May-2000]
United Utilities has put its Norweb Energi electricity and gas supply business up for sale, and is expected to raise up to £400m. [02-Mar-2000]
United Utilities has acquired Intercell, the Sheffield-based telecoms company, for undisclosed terms, and it will be merged into its Norweb Telecom operation. [04-Feb-2000]
United Utilities is considering plans to sell its Norweb electricity supply business, due to the tough price controls in the sector. [02-Feb-2000]
United Utilities is to invest £100m over the next 12 months in the creation of a broad-band national network for its Norweb Telecom business, including a new sales and marketing support division in Liverpool. [20-Jan-2000]
United Utilities has confirmed plans to float Norweb Telecom over the next 18 months, which could raise up to £1bn. [11-Dec-1999]
United Utilities has dropped plans to develop high-speed data services using power cables, due to insufficient demand. [08-Sep-1999]
United Utilities is to recruit a further 30 sales and marketing staff in order to expand its Norweb Telecom business throughout the country. [12-Aug-1999]
United Utilities has renamed its Norweb Communications business to Norweb Telecom, and will invest £40m expanding its network throughout the country and opening a sales office in Birmingham. [24-Jun-1999]
United Utilities is seeking a merger for its Norweb power supply business, as it believes it needs to more than double its customer base to gain the necessary economies of scale. [28-May-1999]
United Utilities is planning to launch a high speed internet access service via the electricity network by late summer, using technology developed jointly by its Norweb business and Nortel. [16-Mar-1999]
United Utilities has licensed its Digital PowerLine technology for the use of electricity cables to transmit data to 10 international utility companies, and plans to undercut current internet service providers on price. [26-Mar-1998]
United Utilities has sold its US generation activities to Calpine, the Californian power company, for £25m. [14-Oct-1997]
United Utilities is linking up with Nortel of Canada to trial a new technology which will enable people to access the internet via their electricity supply. [09-Oct-1997]
United Utilities has announced its strategy for the liberalised domestic energy market, which involves setting up a new brand name - Energi, and linking up with an unnamed generator. [19-Jun-1997]
United Utilities has announced the disposal of Norweb's US generation interests to Indeck North American Power Fund for £25m. [08-Apr-1997]
United Utilities plans to benefit from next year's liberalisation of the domestic electricity market by forming a strategic alliance with one of the US-owned regional electricity companies. [24-Feb-1997]
United Utilities is in discussions with gas and electricity suppliers about setting up a new company early next year to compete in the deregulated energy market. [29-Nov-1996]
US Filter has acquired the process equipment division of United Utilities for £125m. [08-Oct-1996]