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Business Stream

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Scottish Water Business Stream Limited
Business Stream
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryWater industry
FoundedDecember 29, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-29)[1]
HeadquartersEdinburgh, Scotland, UK[1]
Area served
United Kingdom
Services
Websitebusiness-stream.co.uk

Scottish Water Business Stream Limited,[1] trading as Business Stream, is a water retail business operating in both Scotland and England's competitive non-domestic water markets, with its headquarters in Edinburgh.[2] It also has offices in Glasgow, Worthing and Bradford. The company is a subsidiary of Scottish Water, the publicly owned utility which serves the residential water market across Scotland.

Operation in Scotland

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Having previously supplied all of Scotland's properties with water, Scottish Water split its non-domestic arm off to serve the fledgling market. The newly formed company, called Business Stream, acted as the incumbent non-domestic water and waste water supplier for organisations in the country.[3]

In June 2020, Business Stream reported that since the market opened in 2008, it has helped its customers save over £272 million through discounts and water and energy efficiencies.[4]

Operations in England

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On 8 December 2011, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published the Water for life market reform proposals, which suggested the introduction of competition to England's non-residential water market.[citation needed]

Business Stream registered for a licence to compete in the English market, as reported in the Sunday Times in 2009.[5] It has since stated that it has secured contracts with Network Rail, Cancer Research UK, Lloyds Banking Group and the Ministry of Justice.[6][7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Scottish Water Business Stream Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 29 December 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Business Stream - Privacy Policy".
  3. ^ "Scottish business spending £100m less on water", Utility Week, 2 July 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ Donnelly, Brian (19 June 2020). "Water company saves customers £30m".
  5. ^ Jane Bradley, "Powles plans English raids", Sunday Times, 13 September 2009
  6. ^ Peter Ranscombe, "Business Stream to supply water to Bernard Matthews", The Scotsman, 9 March 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ Water Commission - Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005
  8. ^ Water Industry Commission for Scotland – current licensees
  9. ^ Water Industry Commission for Scotland – current licensees (retrieved 29 July 2014)