THE biggest listed water company in the UK is aiming to enter the Scottish business supply market, becoming the fourth big English player to apply for a licence this year.
THE biggest listed water company in the UK is aiming to enter the Scottish business supply market, becoming the fourth big English player to apply for a licence this year.
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By Steven Vass
United Utilities, based in Warrington, supplies water and sewage services to about seven million people and firms in northwest England.
Its application comes on the back of similar moves by Thames Water, Severn Trent and Veolia over the past few months, in a sign the Scottish market to supply water and sewerage to businesses is finally hotting up, four years after private companies were permitted to compete against Scottish Water subsidiary, BusinessStream.
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