Water services firm re-brands after being snapped up by infrastructure group
Kelda Water Services Defence has re-branded as Ancala Water Services after being acquired by infrastructure group, Ancala.
Ancala Water Services will work in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and manage a £1bn 25-year Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract that delivers water and wastewater services to nearly 1,100 defence sites across England and Wales.
Ancala Water Services, which is headquartered in Barnsley, will now be the contract partner for Package A of the MOD’s Project Aquatrine. Their key strategic objective remains to deliver real value for money through the provision of reliable, responsive, and integrated water and waste water services.
Ancala will support the existing management team led by David Godfrey. David Owens, industry partner at Ancala Partners and a former chief executive at Thames Water, will join the AWS board as chairman.
Spence Clunie, managing partner at Ancala Partners, said: “AWS is an important investment for Ancala and we believe our sector expertise, commitment to public service excellence and ability to deploy new capital means we are an ideal partner for the MOD.”
Owens added: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with David and his experienced management team, which has built a performance-driven culture with a focus on compliance, customer service delivery, people and safety. Since being awarded this contract the team has established a successful working relationship with the MOD and we look forward to building on this strong delivery platform to further improve customer service and value for money for the MOD.”
Godfrey, said: “We are excited by the acquisition by Ancala and believe they are an ideal partner to enable us to continue delivering high quality water and wastewater services to the MOD. We have a strong track record with the MOD and believe that this can be further enhanced by the expertise and investment on offer from the team at Ancala.”
Moirae Creative, when undertook the re-branding work. “This is a major project on a national scale and naturally we are delighted to have worked with such an exciting brand,” said David Plant, managing director.
“The main challenge was to launch a new brand with the same objectives, but a refined set of values,” said creative designer, Daniel Jones.
