Press Release

Business Stream offers free water for a year

As the country continues to feel the winter chill, Business Stream, Scotland’s leading non-domestic water supplier, is offering one business the opportunity to receive a free supply of water for a year, as part of its winter warmer campaign.

Last winter, more than 700 Scottish companies had to shut up shop for up to three weeks after water from burst pipes left offices and workplaces unfit for business. With winter arriving even earlier this year, Business Stream is urging organisations not to get caught out again, and as a result one lucky organisation will now have its property’s water bills covered for an entire year.

Visitors to www.business-stream.co.uk/winter-2010 can receive water saving advice, find information on how to protect pipes during the winter freeze and, by entering the prize draw, also stand a chance of winning free water for a year.

Mark Powles, chief executive of Business Stream, said: “Water is often called the forgotten utility because few businesses consider it as a way to make big savings, however, especially as winter begins, its impact on day-to-day business practice can become abundantly clear.

“By giving one business free water for a year we hope to highlight how water and waste water management is fundamental to business success, particularly at a time when absolutely every penny counts.”

For more information on the competition, businesses should visit www.business-stream.co.uk/free-water where details of the free prize draw for businesses to win a year’s free supply of water and waste water services (up to £4k) can be found. The closing date for all entries is 28 February 2011.

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Issued on behalf of Business Stream by The BIG Partnership

For more information, contact: Bryan Garvie or Charles Cameron on 0141 333 9585 or firstname.lastname@bigpartnership.co.uk

Notes to editors

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Scottish Water, Business Stream has been formed as an arms-length company with its own board and independent management team. Its goal is to provide a first class service for business customers and respond to the challenge of other established utility companies entering the new, competitive market which opened on 1 April 2008.

Under the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005, Scottish Water had to split its operation into wholesale (Scottish Water) and retail (Business Stream) units. Although ostensibly remaining a part of Scottish Water, Business Stream is a new business working completely independently of its parent company in order to ensure fair and transparent retail practice under the rules of the new competitive marketplace for business customers.

The business stream website can be found at www.business-stream.co.uk