YPO are looking for a sole supplier to be appointed onto a framework agreement for the supply of potable water, wastewater services and related ancillary services primarily for use in the local authority sector, education sector and emergency services sector.

MOSL has announced the third-party provider that will help deliver the Data Cleanse Service to the non-household market.

Ofwat has published its final decision on changes to the retail price caps which apply to smaller business customers (consuming less than 0.5Ml per year) which will see average bills increase by 6.4% before inflation.

Ofwat’s State of the market 2020-21: Review of the fourth year of the business retail water market concludes that while business customers who are active and engage in the water retail market continue to benefit from competition and choice, the market is working less well for smaller business customers.

Ofwat is today proposing a small and temporary increase to the price caps in the business retail market - the temporary increase is intended to allow retailers to share some of the unexpected costs associated with bad debt that have arisen following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ofwat has finalised its decision which will see Thames Water pay over £11 million to 13,800 business customers and water retailers for errors in its data which led to customers being billed the wrong amount.

The BBC has gone out to tender with a contract for the supply of water and wastewater services across the BBC Estate in England & Scotland worth an estimated £2.4 million.

Following its March consultation on business customer bad debt in the business retail market, Ofwat has set out plans to help retailers begin the recovery of a portion of excess bad debt costs from business customers, starting from April 2022.

Ofwat is warning over increases in bad debt in the business water sector retail market as a result of COVID-19 - the regulator has launched a new consultation on proposals to address the issue.

Newly formed company Hydrology Supplier has applied to Ofwat for a water supply licence and sewerage licence to provide retail services to eligible premises within the water and sewerage retail market in England.