Utility Week’s Lucinda Dann visited the UK’s first R&D centre for heat pumps to find out how and why Octopus Energy is preparing to install them on a mass scale from April 2022.
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The winners of the this year’s Water Industry Awards have now been unveiled, recognising the best and brightest projects and people the industry has to offer.
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Anglian is increasing the number of technicians and engineers on its leakage teams with a drive to recruit 200 new staff in the next few months.
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A webinar to explore how the social and economic impacts of the pandemic are influencing responsible business actions and strategies in the utilities sector and beyond.
Webinars
Companies across the sector have a duty to help the 2,600 people set to be made redundant by Ovo Energy, the chief executive of Energy and Utility Skills has argued. Nick Ellins cited a skills gap of around 250,000 people within the sector which will need to be filled.
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Nine new companies have pledged to become more armed forces friendly. Facilitated by the Energy and Utility Skills Partnership, they have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
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British Water’s chief executive Lila Thompson shares her experiences working in a male dominated sector that needs a PR makeover to get the public on board.
Interviews
With figures showing 20 per cent of the sector’s workforce will retire within the next ten years, Utility Week talks to experts about what needs to be done to ensure the workforce is fit for purpose, and how the industry is rising to the challenge of protecting workers' mental wellbeing.
Analysis
To address skills shortages in the utility sector, United Utilities is welcoming 48 new starters to its apprenticeship and graduate schemes. The company has won industry awards for its three- to four-year programmes that accelerate staff through company training schemes.
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"For the long-term, outsourcing requires a strategic decision on whether to ever build the capability in house or always rely on external partners"
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