Business water retailers in the East of England: the businesses taking on premises this week
In England and Scotland a business can choose its water retailer. A new occupier who doesn't choose stays with whoever it was given.
Last week in the East of England
In the daily files from 5 to 11 November 2026, businesses in the East of England that took on premises, changed hands or were about to, graded A or B for a water retailer's desk: 10. 7 of them were opening or about to, 3 had just moved in or were under a new owner, and 9 came with a landline to ring. Across Great Britain the same week: 135. 80% of the region's rows could not have been flagged by a service working from Companies House alone.
Counted from the daily files dated 5 to 11 November 2026, as read on 11 November 2026. Each event is counted once, on the first file it reached. The same count for every region, in the same words.
Why timing matters
The non-household water market opened in England in April 2017 (Scotland in 2008), so most businesses there can switch retailer. A business that has just moved in usually hasn't thought about it, which is why it's the right time to ask. Wales is different: most business customers there can't switch, so the file for a water retailer covers England and Scotland.
What we tell you
The moments that matter for you:
| Just moved in | A business has started at premises that had nobody in them: a new ratepayer, a new food business, a newly registered care home, nursery, surgery or garage. |
| Changed hands | A new operator at premises that were already trading: a pub, shop or care home under new ownership, often keeping the old name on the door. |
How to use it
Start with premises that use a lot of water (food, care, hair and beauty, garages); every row says what kind of business it is.
The councils in the East of England
The file is cut to the region, or to any of these councils if you'd rather: Babergh, Basildon, Bedford, Braintree, Breckland, Brentwood, Broadland, Broxbourne, Cambridge, Castle Point, Central Bedfordshire, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dacorum, East Cambridgeshire, East Hertfordshire, East Suffolk, Epping Forest, Fenland, Great Yarmouth, Harlow, Hertsmere, Huntingdonshire, Ipswich, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Luton, Maldon, Mid Suffolk, North Hertfordshire, North Norfolk, Norwich, Peterborough, Rochford, South Cambridgeshire, South Norfolk, Southend-on-Sea, St Albans, Stevenage, Tendring, Three Rivers, Thurrock, Uttlesford, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, West Suffolk. Each link is the council's own page of new companies, free, every Monday.
A free fortnight of the file for the East of England
The first file comes within one working day, cut to the East of England, then every weekday for two weeks. No card, nothing to cancel. After that it's £250 a month for the region, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end.
One row a week, free
Not ready for a fortnight of files? Have one of the week's rows for your region each Friday, the one we'd ring first, free, for as long as you like. The full file has every row, every weekday.
Built for selling within the rules: businesses not people, every row with its source and date, and nothing your team can't explain to someone who asks. How it's done.
Questions
Can we have Scotland only?
Yes. The file can be cut to any set of councils or regions.
How is this different from buying a list?
A list is a snapshot of businesses that exist. This is what changed yesterday: who moved in, who took over, who left. A bought list can't tell you any of that, and it's out of date the day it arrives.
How do you find them?
From public registers, read every day and kept, so we can see when something changes at an address. The sources are on the sources page. How we put them together is ours, and we don't publish it.
Is there personal data in it?
Almost none. The file is about businesses and premises: no director names, no home addresses. Where a business publishes only a named address on its own website, the daily file carries it in a marked column, as the privacy notice says; a sample never does. Where a phone number or a mailbox is public, we say where it came from.
Can we email or ring them?
Limited companies and LLPs can be emailed without prior consent under PECR, if you say who you are and give a way to opt out. Phone numbers are yours to screen against the TPS and CTPS before you ring.
Do we have to ring them?
No. Each daily file can come with the emails already written, one for each business with a mailbox of its own, in your words, for you to send from your own mailbox. We draft the wording from your website, you change anything you like, and it's part of the price.
What does it cost?
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 a month for the whole of Great Britain, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free, so your team can try it on real rows before paying anything.
Is the file exclusive?
Not the whole file, but you can have a head start. First look sends your trade's new rows for your region to you each morning, a working day before anyone else in your trade gets them, for one firm per trade and region: £375 a month for a region, or £1,500 a month for Great Britain, on the same terms.
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