VEOLIA, the biggest water utility firm in the world, has applied for a licence to supply water and sewerage to Scottish businesses as the industry gears up to be part of a deregulated UK market.
The French-owned firm already employs 200 people in Scotland providing water infrastructure and PFI management services for customers such as the Ministry of Defence. Getting permission to supply water and sewerage to these companies would mean Veolia was positioned along with other big UK operators to take advantage of proposals in Westminster to let private providers compete to supply business water and sewerage services across the UK for the first time.
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