Climate change minister Greg Barker was understandably tense when he turned up at the Micropower Summer Reception last week. The... ...more »

Employees and suppliers of Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions can be seen here fooling around at the company's recent annual "It's... ...more »

Now here's a strange thing. Last week with a big fanfare the government published a spreadsheet that contained details of... ...more »

Last week, our new PM was making environmental claims for the coalition after a quick-fire visit to the Department of... ...more »

One of the casualties of the election is professional smoothie Simon Lewis, who was director of communications at No 10 and... ...more »

Talking about the election, the great man was intrigued to note that Linda Gilroy, Labour's candidate in the Plymouth Sutton... ...more »

There were red faces at the Royal Mail after copies of Wessex Water's customer magazine were posted to dozens of... ...more »

There were red faces at the Royal Mail after copies of Wessex Water's customer magazine were posted to dozens of... ...more »

Colin Bloom, the Conservative Party candidate for Erith and Thamesmead, has maybe bitten off more than he can chew (although... ...more »

Now you know that the election is getting truly serious. Not only are the two other major parties nervously looking... ...more »

Disconnector was not altogether convinced by the Tory Party's decision to launch its election manifesto on Tuesday at Battersea Power... ...more »

Recently, the government "enjoyed" (if that's the right word) a virtually happy ending after complaints flooded in to the Advertising... ...more »

Now here's an interesting tale. John Saunders, the newly appointed chief executive of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) has been... ...more »

A recent poll by Lewis PR, a marketing and press agency, revealed that technological nous may not be us Britons'... ...more »

Snowmen congregate to complain about misleading reports claiming Himalayan glaciers are to disappear? All right, this was the best picture... ...more »

Now here's a tale which maybe demonstrates Darwinian theory rather nicely. Or perhaps it suggests that birds can be right... ...more »

What is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition on? A colleague of the great man was at the Terrace Pavilion overlooking the... ...more »

The wit and wisdom of Lord Hunt (number 137 in an occasional series). Recently, during exchanges in the Upper Chamber,... ...more »

We all know that it's a competitive market out there on the doorstep as agents jostle for business, but it... ...more »

Last week, the Conservative Party conference in Manchester made strenuous efforts to display unity and not a smidgeon of triumphalism... ...more »

Now we know that former business secretary John Hutton has decided not to become a senior adviser for EDF Energy,... ...more »

Don't you just love the self-deprecatory humour of our elected representatives? The great man muses thus after listening to Tim... ...more »

There were red faces all round at the Department of Energy and Climate Change when a group of eco-activists glued... ...more »

Find out more about what's funny, curious or simply worth talking about in the utility industry in our magazine blog,... ...more »

One of the first acts of Lewis Shand Smith, the new energy ombudsman over at The Ombudsman Service Ltd (TOSL),... ...more »

The folks in the Palace of Varieties (aka Parliament) can be quite witty. Last week, Greg Clark MP, the Tory... ...more »

Liverpudlian comic Ken Dodd is still twirling his tickling sticks several decades after last appearing on TV with his Diddy... ...more »

There has been disappointment in the Lords, and not because the prime minister is threatening to take out the hereditary... ...more »

Writer and commentator Germaine Greer has been waxing lyrical about cooling towers. Well, sort of. In her regular column in... ...more »

What can the great man say when confronted with the news that Southern Water's mascot Ollie the Otter has been... ...more »

earlier this year the derelict farmhouse made famous in the cult film Withnail and I was auctioned off to a... ...more »

Utility Week's fun competition to test your knowledge of utility sites has now closed. Only four people correctly identified all... ...more »

Last weekend a crack team from Utility Week braved the elements to take part in the annual Walk the Wight... ...more »

Absolutely no doubt about it, the current revelations about MPs' expenses are certainly an eye-opener. Disconnector has particularly enjoyed the... ...more »

Talking of the folding stuff, Disconnector wonders just how miffed all those senior utility bods and chief executives are now... ...more »

This week, ministers confirmed that Sir Michael Pitt has been offered and has accepted the role of first chairman of... ...more »

The great man had cause recently to think about former utility company staff who later became celebrated writers, artists or... ...more »

This may or may not be a first, but no doubt the water industry is hoping that it doesn't indicate... ...more »

While the last two days of the annual bout of navel gazing that is the Adam Smith Institute Future of... ...more »

Yorkshire Water is preparing to turn its contact centre, Loop, over to Comic Relief this evening. For the fourth time,... ...more »

The great man (Disconnector, that is) was intrigued to see that Greg Clark MP, the Tory shadow energy and climate... ...more »

Last week there was a short parliamentary debate about energy from food waste, which gave MPs a chance to air... ...more »

Disconnector is indebted to Utility Week's sister publication Contract Journal. It has reminded us all how important it is to... ...more »

The following made Disconnector smile. These are some of the winners of this year's Washington Post Mensa Invitational, which asked... ...more »

...snowman pictures, that is! Here are a couple of utility related snow people photos - if you have built a... ...more »

Things are getting a bit heated down Llanelli way where millions of pounds of development have been put on hold... ...more »

You have to admire the chutz­pah of the man. Disconnector is referring to some of the recent parliamentary answers of... ...more »

Last week, amiable Peter Luff MP, the chair of the Commons Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, was in a... ...more »

And so to this week's schadenfreude item. Clarion Events, a big cheese in the exhibition organising world, is having a... ...more »

MPs have been getting hot under the collar over utility roadworks this week but it is worth noting that those... ...more »