Severn Trent's Services division still faces challenges

Water firm Severn Trent has declared an interim dividend of 28.04p, up 7.7% on last year in line with its policy of increasing payments by three percentage points above retail price inflation.

Water firm Severn Trent has declared an interim dividend of 28.04p, up 7.7% on last year in line with its policy of increasing payments by three percentage points above retail price inflation.

Group turnover in the six months to September 30th edged up 2.1% to £886.0m from £867.9m the year before.

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