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Community Wheatley Broad Road, Bacton, Suffolk IP14 4HN Tel: 01449 781001 www.wheatleysolutions.co.uk www.wheatleyinsights.co.uk Leading specialists in our fi eld, Wheatley have been intrinsic to UK utilities metering for 25 years. Wheatley ensure solutions refl ect and anticipate market needs, meaning we play a business-critical role for our customers and are integral to the UK's smart meter roll out. Our solutions include: Market Messaging – Wheatley's proprietary solution is both fl exible and robust. It manages Meter Operator (MOP) and Meter Asset Maintainer (MAM) operations for UK electricity, gas and dual-fuel supply. Asset Management – An industry specifi c tool proven to offer robust control of metering assets. This solution incorporates all industry and operational requirements needed to deliver effi cient and accurate asset management and portfolio optimisation and return, with options to receive industry fl ows and other bilateral exchanges. Water Retail Market – Assisting the needs of a competitive market Wheatley offer a supply point identifi cation and asset location app as well as relationship management solution for the UK's water Wholesalers and Retailers. Our applications have a range of hosting options and are designed to quickly scale to changing customer requirements. To fi nd out more please visit our website or get in touch. Utility Week is published by Faversham House Ltd (registered in England & Wales no. 692570), Windsor Court, Wood Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1UZ. Telephone: 01342 332000 Email: utilityweek@fav-house.com Copyright 2019 Faversham House Ltd. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission from the publisher. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of material published in Utility Week. However, Faversham House Ltd is not liable for any inaccuracies. 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Printed by Buxton Press Ltd To fi nd out more about promotional opportunities in this section of the magazine, please contact Sarah Wood on 01342 332116 30 | 24TH - 30TH MAY 2019 | UTILITY WEEK AN APPSOLUTE MUST P O W E R E D B Y P O W E R E D B Y GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW FOR SMETS2 So get your ducks in a row, call Kevin Bird on 0203 538 0911 or email kevin@cloudkb.co.uk www.cloudkb.co.uk Double your successful meter installation rate and halve your costs with uMESH - the new Universal SMETS2 Commissioning Mobile App - powered by Cloud KB. It works with all DCC Adaptors, supplier interfaces, workflow and job scheduling systems. uMESH's purpose-built software gives Meter Operators and Asset Providers the best tools for the job. • A single management system for all gas and electric industry flows for MAMs and MOPs • Built in Cloud Analytics for Reporting • uMESH is a no-code cloud platform for the Energy Industry www.cloudkb.co.uk DON'T MISS Utility Week Congress 2019 8-9 October, NEC Birmingham At Utility Week Congress 2019, we will bring together senior stakeholders from across the utilities sphere to help forge a common collective view and inspire those within the industry responsible for realising strategic goals. The event offers the opportunity to hear the opinions and expectations of chief regulators, policy makers and chief executives about how the sector and individual organisations are going to meet demands for increased effi ciency, service quality, transparency and resilience. 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