Nicola Shaw Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

05 Nov 2026

Yorkshire Water chief executive to step down after one-star rating

Image description: River Ouse flowing through York. Photo by Korng Sok on Unsplash A change at the top Yorkshire Water chief executive Nicola Shaw, who has led the company since 2022, announced on 30 October that she will step down, a day after the Environment Agency gave the company one star out of four, […]

29 Oct 2026

Yorkshire Water environmental rating to be downgraded to one star

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Image description: Three emoticon faces in a column with checkboxes. The faces are colour coded green (happy), yellow (neutral) and red (sad). Image by Adrian from Pixabay Yorkshire Water is set to be given the lowest possible environmental rating by the Environment Agency (EA) after a significant increase in pollution incidents, the BBC reports. […]