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Learning & Development Associates (L&DA) have revealed the launch of their new training programme developed to assist the water and environmental industries in leading innovation. Since industry regulator Ofwat’s announcement in 2017 that water companies would be required to put innovation at the heart of their business plans, followed by PR19, the subject has been…
The water industry faces heightened regulatory and consumer expectations from population growth, changing consumer behaviours, and acute and chronic environmental challenges. Industry experts Learning & Development Associates (L&DA) discuss rising to these performance and outcome challenges. Resilience of water and wastewater services has always been a key focus in the industry, but the challenges, from…
The water industry has made significant efforts to sustain normal business operations following the impact of COVID-19, whilst successfully managing employee limitations as a result of social distancing and self-isolation. With focus now turning to whether expectations on competence management and behaviours are sufficient to ensure the continuous supply of safe drinking water, protect public…
We are pleased to announce that we have recently successfully obtained CIWEM accreditation for our newly developed short course: “The Level 5 Award in Management of Risk & Resilience in the Water & Environmental Industries”. Having our course CIWEM accredited is a great achievement, as we hope it is for your learners. So, what does…
On the 10th of May 2020, the UK Government began to outline its plans to enable some businesses in England to return to work. As per the Government guidelines, we are adhering to the regulations, with employees and associates working from home. Any new and/or upcoming courses of ours have been developed for primarily virtual learning…
COVID 19 – Learning & Development Associates response These are unprecedented times for everyone and we at Learning & Development Associates are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of everyone in our team and all of our existing and potential clients. Therefore, in accordance with government guidance, we have now amended our delivery…
During these extremely challenging times which will test the resilience of the water industry as never before it is important that all of us in the water industry pull together in the months ahead to keep those vital services that our customer rely on going. We in L&DA are committed as part of the water…
WWT readers can put their questions to Ofwat during an upcoming webinar which will highlight the regulator’s plans to drive transformational innovation. As part of the webinar, which is taking place on 16 March at 2pm, the regulator will also be addressing key strategic challenges such as climate change and population growth. The discussion will…
Edie says… “Ofwat unveils £13bn climate package for UK water companies”.. Regulator Ofwat has unveiled its investment package for 2020-2025, including a £13bn package to help water firms with climate adaptation and mitigation. Announced as part of the body’s price review for the next five years, the fund will finance a string of new projects aimed at…
Avoiding the Trap of Teams with “All the Gear but No Idea” We’ve come a long way. In the words of Fatboy Slim “We’ve come a long, long way together, through the hard time and the good” and the water industry today is almost unrecognisable when compared to the bodies privatised in 1989. Investment has…