Water market

  • Water

    Chart of the week | HHI-meopathy: Water market increasingly concentrated

    Since the business water market opened to full retail competition on 1 April 2017, one key trend has been growing concentration through mergers and acquisitions. Now that Business Stream has bought up the customers of Yorkshire Water Business, over 80% of all supply point identifiers (SPIDs) in the market are...

  • Water

    Chart of the week | Spot the difference: Water market share one year on

    The business water retail market was revolutionised on 1 April last year, when it opened to greatly expanded competition. After a rocky start for some retailers, it has begun to function reasonably well, delivering some of the promised benefits. But what has happened to the market share in the water...