Retail market - pharmacy and beauty retailer Boots UK applies for water and sewerage self-supply licence
Pharmacy-led health and beauty giant Boots retailer has applied to Ofwat for a Water licence and Sewerage Licence (WSSL) with a retail authorisation limited to self-supply.
Retail water market –Ofwat grants Sainsbury’s water and sewerage self-supply licences
Ofwat has granted Sainsbury’s, the UK’s second largest supermarket, water supply and sewerage licences, with a retail authorisation limited to self-supply.
Retail sector - Ofwat grants John Lewis water and sewerage self-supply licences
Water sector regulator Ofwat has granted John Lewis PLC a Water Supply Licence and Sewerage Licence with a self-supply authorisation.
Energy management firm applies for retail water supply and sewerage market licences
Cardiff-based Amber Water Solutions Ltd, part of the energy management specialists amber energy group, has applied to Ofwat for retail water supply and sewerage market licences.
Business retail water market: BT opts for self-supply
Telecoms giant BT is the latest company to be granted water and sewerage licences for self-supply in the business retail water market by industry regulator Ofwat.
Blackpool Borough Council granted water and sewerage self-supply licences
Ofwat has granted retail authorisations for water and sewerage services self-supply licences to Blackpool Borough Council.
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With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
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Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
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Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
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