Could data be more valuable than oil? That was the big question at the Energy Live Consultancy Conference in Manchester yesterday.

An expert panel and a series of packed seminars led by industry leaders covered issues ranging from cybersecurity and data theft to the role of regulation in the Brexit age

Simon Cox, Director at EY Advisory, said energy suppliers, brokers and TPIs need to work out their role in the changing marketplace as data becomes an increasingly valuable commodity

Lisa Gingell, Director of 3-eight Communications, said consultants’ existing ways of doing business will be affected

Could the introduction of regulation to put an upper limit on prices be a backwards step for the last decade’s efforts to introduce more competition?

ELN speaks to Jacqui Hall from Water Plus at the Energy Live Consultancy Conference

ELN speaks to Tony Craig from Water Plus at the Energy Live Consultancy Conference