Business Stream launches emergency cover

by Richard Kilner

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Scotland’s main non-domestic water supplier Business Stream has launched a new service with risk adviser and insurer Marsh to offer customers emergency cover.

Scotland’s non-domestic water supply has been open for competition since April 2008, and this move is the latest in a number of innovative changes that have occurred since then.

The new Business Stream Emergency Cover has been created to enable customers to withstand water-related emergencies such as plumbing issues, electrical and gas pipe faults, heating breakdown and pest infestation.

The coverage costs from £15 a month and includes a guaranteed response time of 2 hours or less and will cover every hour of every day of the year.

Scottish customers have been saved £5.5m in recent times by dozens of innovative initiatives launched by Business Stream.

In April of this year the firm urged businesses to save money and do their bit for the environment using a free, water saving hippo.

The hippo is a small bag fitted in the cistern which can save as much as 3.5 litres per flush, saving money and reducing the amount of water used.