| 词条 | Business Stream |
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| name= Scottish Water Business Stream Ltd. | type = Statutory corporation | industry = Water industry | founded = 2008 | location = Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | area_served = United Kingdom | key_people = Susan Rice (Chairperson) Johanna Dow (Chief Executive) | products = Non-domestic water, Recycled waste water | services = Water supply Waste water services | website = www.business-stream.co.uk }} Business Stream is a water retail business in Scotland’s competitive non-domestic water market, with its headquarters in Edinburgh. It has offices in Glasgow and Worthing. The company is a subsidiary of Scottish Water, the publicly owned utility which serves the residential water market across Scotland. It supplies water and waste water services to an estimated 93,000 non-domestic sites in Scotland,{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} while it also has a commercial presence in England. Operation in ScotlandScotland's non-domestic water market was opened up to competition on 1 April 2008, through the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005. This made it the first country in the world to adopt competition in the water and waste water supply markets for businesses, public sector organisations and the third sector.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} 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 serving 100% of organisations in the country.[1] Its market share continued to remain extremely high until it began to rapidly lose customers in 2013. With the announcement that its owner, the Scottish Government, will be switching to another supplier in 2015, Business Stream's market share stands to drop below 50%. In July 2014, Business Stream reported that Scottish customers had saved £100 million on their water bills since the market opened to competition.[1] Operations in EnglandOn 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. Business Stream registered for a licence to compete in the English market, as reported in the Sunday Times in 2009.[2] It has since stated that it has begun working with turkey processor Bernard Matthews in England.[3] [4][5][6]References1. ^1 "Scottish business spending £100m less on water", Utility Week, 2 July 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014. 2. ^Jane Bradley, "Powles plans English raids", Sunday Times, 13 September 2009 3. ^Peter Ranscombe, "Business Stream to supply water to Bernard Matthews", The Scotsman, 9 March 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014. 4. ^Water Commission - Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 5. ^Water Industry Commission for Scotland – current licensees 6. ^Water Industry Commission for Scotland – current licensees (retrieved 29 July 2014) 4 : Companies based in Edinburgh|Companies established in 2006|Water companies of the United Kingdom|Water management |
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