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Pennon is leaking market confidence amid Brixham water crisis

Amid a wave of bad publicity, Pennon offers investors few crumbs of comfort
May 21, 2024
  • Shorters taking aim at water companies
  • Pennon has to compensate most of Brixham 

The competition is undeniably stiff, but Pennon (PNN), owner of South West Water (SWW), is making a good attempt at becoming the most unpopular utility company in the UK after the residents of the pretty fishing port of Brixham had to boil their water following a recent cryptosporidium outbreak.

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