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Water companies aren’t taking a second time lucky approach to re-submitting their PR19 business plans.
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Water retailer Business Stream has confirmed to Utility Week that it will not be putting itself forward to take on the customers of failed Aquaflow Utilities.
United Utilities has announced it has awarded a number of long-term contracts to businesses based in its North West operating area.
Devon and Cornwall’s largest ever fatberg has been successfully removed, South West Water announced yesterday (29 March).
As we near the second anniversary of the opening of the retail water market in England,
Aquaflow Utilities is expected to become the first casualty of the non-domestic water retail market as it has informed Ofwat it has failed to secure funding for the next financial year and is likely to enter liquidation.
As we mark World Water Day, many people in the UK might think that the potential of drought is something more relevant to hotter, drier countries. However, water scarcity hit the headlines this week and the problem is much closer to home than we realise.
As we near the second anniversary of the opening of the retail water market in
Self-supply is no more of a threat to water retailers than a new entrant to the market, Waterscan director Claire Yeates has insisted.
A lack of awareness of the water retail market among small businesses has prevented many from shopping around for a better deal, the water watchdog has suggested.
The time for individual retailer gain to the detriment of the competitive water retail market is over, the chief information officer of MOSL has warned.
"If I could counsel my younger self, I would suggest acknowledging and presenting my skills more openly"
Nottingham City Council has applied to Ofwat for a self-supply licence, which would allow it to provide its own water retail services.
Four companies have been fined after being taken court by Thames Water for illegally tapping into supplies across London and the Thames Valley.
Ofwat's chief executive talks about how setting ambitious new leakage targets has been “an interesting experiment” in using a different tool as a regulator.
Water retailers have failed to “turn the tide” on business complaints, which have remained high in the second year of the open market, the Consumer Council for Water has warned.
