Subscribe to this blog's feedCongratulations are in order to Thames Water for laying on a magnificent fund-raising event last Friday in support of WaterAid. The “Love Water” Ball (twas the day after Valentines Day after all) in the opulent surroundings of the Hurlingham Club saw 500 of the great and good in water, wined, dined and entertained by top comics Bob Mills and Lenny Henry. The whole event raised an amazing £200,000 for the industry’s favourite charity, with the auction alone raising over £17,000 (the mystery prize turned out to be a £3,000 child’s rocking horse selected personally by Thames chief exec David Owens). Thames has supported WaterAid since it was formed 27 years ago, and the revival of its WaterAid Ball after a five-year absence from the calendar is a sign that confidence is returning to Britain’s biggest water company after a spell under the cosh.
