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Business Stream has said it remains “focussed on growth”, as it announced it has secured more than £155 million of new contract wins in the first 12 months of the open water market in England.
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Water retailer water2business has won a three-year contract to provide water retail services to national care provider The Orders of St John Care Trust.
Households face a high risk of having their water cut off in times of severe
Water retailer Pennon Water Services has launched a new website and social media channels for its value added services arm, AquaCare.
More than half of small businesses in England are still unaware that they can switch water supplier, research by SES Business Water has revealed.
A total of 123,005 supply point switches took place in the first year of the non-domestic water market out of an estimated 2.7 million supply points.
At the UK's inaugural water retailing conference – Future Retail #1 – market players of all shapes and sizes gathered to discuss what has gone well, what has gone badly, and what can be improved in the open water market.
Scotland’s non-domestic water market is celebrating 10 years of being open to competition, having paved the way for businesses to choose their water supplier in April 2008.
Stuart Wallace, chief operating officer of Forth Ports, has joined water retailer Business Stream as a non-executive director.
Exclusive market research, one year on from market opening, uncovers the levels of service wholesalers are providing retailers.
Fewer than 3 per cent of eligible business customers have switched water retailer in the first year of the open market, Ofwat research has revealed.
The English water retail market – the largest of its kind in the world – has now been open for 12 months. Utility Week asks major market players how the first year has gone.
United Utilities has announced it is trading in line with group expectations and on course to see a slight increase in revenue on last year’s £1.7 billion, with “moderately higher” underlying profits than 2017’s £662 million.
Business Stream has secured a UK-wide three-year contract to supply water and wastewater services to Greggs.
Eight out of ten complaints in the newly opened non-household water market relate to one of the three biggest companies, according to the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater).
The non-household water market is still plagued by poor quality data one year after market opening, according to retailers.
Water retailer Castle Water has appointed Douglas McLaren as chief operating officer, effective from 1 June 2018.
Bristol Water no longer requires a new reservoir at Cheddar, according to its draft water resources management plan (WRMP) for 2020-2045.
Market Operator Services Limited (MOSL) has appointed Simon Orebi Gann as independent non-executive director on the MOSL board, replacing Peter Bucks.
Utility Week has developed a special research analysis focusing exclusively on findings relating to the water sector. This subsector focus summarises these findings, splitting out issues relating to wholesale and non-domestic retail operations for separate consideration.