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Feb 2024
20m 1s

Water bills, a chemical giant's demerger...

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About this episode
Emma Crosby fills in for Ian King on today's podcast.
Emma is joined by David Henderson, the chief executive of Water UK, which represents the water companies, to talk about a rise in water bills.
Dr Ilham Kadri, the chief executive of Syensqo - who was formerly the head of Solvay - discusses the chemical giants demerger.
And chief executive at E1, Rodi Basso, speaks about the launch of the electric raceboat championship this weekend.
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