Switch Water Supplier has developed the first independent and impartial water tendering platform, making it simpler and easier for businesses to switch water supplier.
In April 2017, England’s £3 billion water market was deregulated, meaning that non-domestic customers were able to switch water supplier for the first time ever, allowing them to reduce their water and wastewater bills and find a supplier better suited to their own specific operational needs.
Switch Water Supplier is an online platform that customers can use to compare the whole market of water retailers in one place. It offers services which enables businesses to manage their water estates and approach the water retail market for quotes for their onward water contracts. Switch Water Supplier also provides additional services such as water audits, water bill validation, site surveys and water leak detection and repair.
Switch Water Supplier Director, Graham Mann said: “I purchased all the water industry key domain names three years ago, as I recognised there would be an opportunity and a year ago the time was right. I discussed this with Tim Guest from Contedia, our IT partners that have supplied all our software and IT solutions for H2o Building Services over the last 20 years, and we jointly funded and developed the UK’s first live tendering water retail procurement platform. We are now uploading Water Retail contracts over £1M with a growing pipeline of cumulative and individual Water Retail contracts of between £3M to £8M and are well on the way to transacting £20M a month by summer of next year. The engagement from the water retail market has been significant with many water retail suppliers proposing new features and improvements. Their continuous input is invaluable to us in creating the most significant water industry innovation since water deregulation.”
The Water Retail Company Co-founder and CTO, Jacob Tompkins said: “Switch Water Supplier is the first platform that enables multisite businesses to easily compare quotes and switch suppliers across the whole English and Scottish market. As a retailer, we find the site easy to use, but it also has the flexibility to allow retailers to add information on services like water efficiency and metering, which means bids are about best value rather than just lowest price. Switch Water Supplier is a major contribution to a good competitive water market.”
Switch Water Supplier was set up by Director Graham Mann. He has been working in the water industry for more than 25 years and is also senior partner with sister business H2o Building Services, which finds customers the best solutions to water utility and sewerage problems, with a focus on water bill reduction through provision of a complete water management service.
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