Members of the Livery Companies were welcomed for an early morning tour round the New Covent Garden site at Nine Elms. The site has been open since 1974 when it transferred from the original “convent” Garden on the north side of the Thames. After 50 years the site is being…...
Water industry veteran outlines challenges facing sector in Radio 4 interview
There’s much more in Britain’s broken water system that needs fixing than sewage treatment alone, according to an industry veteran and leading member of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators. But after years of starving the industry of investment, because of pressure from government and the water regulator Ofwat to keep prices…...
Investing in the future
Dharmesh Joshi and Deputy Master Martin Bigg, both Trustees of the Water Conservation Trust, visited Imperial to meet the staff and students we support through the Trust’s Bursary awards. It was fascinating to hear the students describe the various routes that they had taken to attend the University to study…...
Welcome to the Company of Communicators
Congratulations to the Worshipful Company of Communicators on becoming the 113th Livery Company of the City of London. The Court of Aldermen, meeting at the City of London’s Guildhall, has approved full Worshipful status to the Company, which was established as the Guild of Public Relations in 2000....
Heritage & Modernity
After the successful first London 2030 Skyline Symposium last year the Construction Liveries Group held a second symposium on how modern buildings complement old buildings. The Water Conservators are active members of the Group as construction and demolition have significant impacts on water and the environment. The packed event in…...
Creating winds of change
Many members of Livery Companies, the Sheriffs and guests attended the World Traders’ Tacitus Lecture in the Guildhall. It was inaugurated in 1988 and is now believed to be the largest event of its type in the City of London.  The guest speaker was Pamela Coke-Hamilton, the Executive Director of…...
