retail

The Competition and Markets Authority is inviting comments from interested parties until 6th November 2019

The supplier serves more than 850,000 retail energy customers in the UK

The supermarket says around 69% of British customers believe scrapping best before dates is a good idea

Food thrown away by supermarkets will be turned into meals for the homeless and charity groups

The survey found a majority of businesses are now aware of the market

Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has applied for a self-supply water and sewerage licence in England. If granted, it will enable the company to provide retail services to itself and associated companies in the group, regulator Ofwat said. Retail services are customer facing services such as billing, meter reading and customer enquiries. The opening of […]

The owner of brands such as Premier Inn, Costa Coffee and Beefeater has become the first hospitality multinational to be granted a self-supply licence in the new water market. With the opening of the retail water market earlier this year, eligible organisations can now self-supply and manage their own water retail services, such as meter […]

More than half of micro, small and medium sized businesses are still unaware of the new retail water market in England. That’s according to a survey by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater), aimed at tracking awareness of the market. While 43% of SMEs said they were aware they could switch their water retailer after […]

The joint venture between Anglian Water and Northumbrian Water for non-household retail services has been approved. The two companies proposed to transfer their non-household retail water and sewerage businesses to form a 50/50 joint venture ‘Wave’. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation and cleared the merger, suggesting there is “sufficient competition remaining with respect […]

Tesco has committed to eliminate hazardous chemicals from its textile production. The retail giant has announced the move will make the supply chain of its own garment brand F&F much more environmentally friendly and said it would also release a full list of fabric suppliers. Since the Greenpeace Detox Campaign was launched in 2011, a total of 80 international brands and suppliers, including […]