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Year: 2021
Paul Swinburne – Services’ Senior Finance Business Partner – reflects on Severn Trent’s 2021
We can now reflect on Severn Trent’s 2021, and looks forward to some exciting developments on the horizon.
It was nice to see a strong set of results announced by Severn Trent PLC for the six months to 30 September 2021. Our group turnover was in line with expectations, up 8.0% following the recovery in non-household consumption post lockdown restrictions and Group PBIT (Profit Before Interest and Tax) was up 13.8%.
Continue reading “Paul Swinburne – Services’ Senior Finance Business Partner – reflects on Severn Trent’s 2021”Water Hygiene Newsletter – December 2021
Welcome to the Severn Trent Water Hygiene Newsletter! This month we have three stories, including an in-depth technical myth-buster about closed systems maintenance.
Continue reading “Water Hygiene Newsletter – December 2021”From Severn Trent to blood bikes
Severn Trent Services employee Lorraine Gough tells us about her fascinating, and vital second career.
I joined Severn Trent Services six years ago, and just six months later took over as chairwoman for a blood bike charity, along with my husband Geoff who is their fundraising manager and also a rider.
Continue reading “From Severn Trent to blood bikes”Severn Trent Services (STS) carbon, sustainability and the Carbon Task Force
Mike Williamson, the Head of Operating Services, offers his thoughts on COP26 and what we’re doing to help.
COP 26 has come to an end. Lots of negotiation, some agreements were reached, and compromises were made. It was great to see the world’s leaders (and a lot of business leaders too) come together, but it still feels like there is a way to go if we’re going to work collectively and collaboratively to protect our planet for the generations that will follow us.
Continue reading “Severn Trent Services (STS) carbon, sustainability and the Carbon Task Force”Helen Kickstarts Her Severn Trent Career
The Kickstart scheme was designed to help 16-24 year-olds gain work experience, alongside participating in employability training in order to prevent the possibility of long-term-unemployment. With the unemployment rate for those aged 16-24 reaching 14.3% during the pandemic, this could not have been initiated at a better time. Severn Trent committed to take on 500 young people in November 2020, with Severn Trent CEO Liv Garfield describing the scheme as “brilliant.”
Continue reading “Helen Kickstarts Her Severn Trent Career”Our Business Development Support Manager has a novel approach to charity fundraising
Richard Fletcher is the newly-appointed Business Development Support Manager for Severn Trent Services. Here he shares his novel approach to charity fundraising, and how you can help.
Continue reading “Our Business Development Support Manager has a novel approach to charity fundraising”10 great watery horror movies to celebrate Halloween in 2021
Ok, we’re Severn Trent, we’re supposed to give a positive image of water, so for the record, it’s wonderful and we highly recommend it. But it can also be a great source of terror – something that horror movies have exploited to great effect over the years. So, with Halloween on the horizon, here’s our suggestions for some great water-based scares
Continue reading “10 great watery horror movies to celebrate Halloween in 2021”Anti-slavery day – 18th October 2021
Modern slavery is unfortunately, still a very real issue, and one which Severn Trent takes very seriously.
Monday 18th October marks Anti-Slavery Day, designed to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery and to encourage government, local authorities, companies, charities and individuals to do what they can to address the problem.
Continue reading “Anti-slavery day – 18th October 2021”Meet Mike and Paul our Managing and Finance Directors
They are the top of the shop for Severn Trent Services, the big cheeses, the ones that make the decisions (well at least they think they do). But how well do we really know the Managing and Finance Directors? Let’s find out by meeting Mike and Paul…
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