Water2business signs water retail deal with national care trust

Water2business has won a three-year contract to provide water retail services to national care provider The Orders of St John Care Trust.

The water retailer has a long-term relationship with the Trust, and has provided ongoing support including completing efficiency audits and tariff validation for 18 homes, which it claims has made the Trust “considerable savings”.

The Trust employs 4,000 staff to provide care to 3,500 residents in 72 homes and as part of 16 extra care housing schemes across Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, West Sussex and Suffolk.

Water2business business development manager Andy Coates said: “I am absolutely delighted that we are able to now extend our support to The Orders of St John Care Trust for its entire portfolio.

“[Water2business account manager] Neil [Mullins] has delivered some fantastic efficiency work and savings in the past, and we now have the opportunity to build on this relationship further and support the entire Trust in being as water efficient as possible.”

Water2business was born out of a joint billing venture created between Wessex Water and Bristol Water in 2000.

The water retail market opened in April 2017 and brought competition. Since the market opened businesses and other non-household organisations have been able to choose their water retailer, with many organisations that have multiple sites choosing to consolidate their bills under one retail company.

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