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Community Lowri Beck Services Ltd Mayors Quay, Swan Meadow Road, Wigan WN3 5BB Tel: 01942 771700 Lowri Beck is a leading independent service provider of Metering Systems, Data Capture, Data Management and Field Management services, offering innovative solutions to utilities and business throughout Great Britain. We support the electricity, gas and water markets with Manual and Automated Meter Reading, Data Collection and Aggregation, Meter Asset Provision, Installation and Maintenance services as well as providing a full suite of dual fuel Smart Metering services. Our dual-site Contact Centre provides a wide range of professional outsourcing contact centre services, including overflow call handling and appointment management. Our mobile field management system, Companion, supports a range of operations with mobile handheld solutions ensuring improved data communications between office and field activities. Lowri Beck was established in 1996 and is experienced in offering tailored services and committed to delivering excellent service at realistic prices. For further information contact lbenquiries@lowribeck.co.uk Wheatley Broad Road, Bacton, Suffolk IP14 4HN Tel: 01449 781001 Website: www.wheatleysolutions.co.uk Leading specialists in our field, Wheatley have been intrinsic to UK utilities metering for 25 years. Wheatley ensure solutions reflect 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. Market Messaging - Wheatley's proprietary solutions perform customisable automation of messaging exchange for electricity, gas and dual fuel MOP / MAM and MAP functions, minimising user intervention and improving commercial advantage. Asset Management – with options to receive industry flows and other bi- lateral data exchanges Wheatley's MAP solution manages and reports on a full portfolio of meters and associated assets, maximising asset efficiency and facilitating accurate billing and forecasting against multiple contracts. Workforce Management – available stand-alone or integrated with other applications, our powerful scheduling and workforce management tool improves field worker efficiency. Open Water –Wheatley are harnessing our 25 years' experience of providing central messaging systems for data exchange and operational execution to develop systems tailored to the unique requirements of the water sector as competition begins. Our metering applications are delivered directly or as a service and are designed to quickly scale to changing customer requirements. To find out more please get in touch. Contact Ben Hammond to advertise here, 01342 332116 30 | 15TH - 21ST JUNE 2018 | UTILITY WEEK of these significant changes, as well as their implications for the sector's competitiveness and liquidity. Other key areas for discussion include Brexit following the recent announcement of the Bank of England's and European Central Bank's technical working group, which aims to provide guidance to avoid risks associated with leaving the single market For further information, visit: utilityweek.net/Summit18 Consumer Vulnerability Conference 5 July 2018, London The only dedicated event helping pan-utility consumer debt and regulatory professionals support vulnerable customers. Attend this CPD-certified conference to: • Address the challenges and opportunities surrounding consumer vulnerability • Understand the new thinking behind partnership working • Learn how to engage, build understanding and improve services for vulnerable customers • Find out how to best use personal data for customer empowerment and support. For further information, visit: www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk Next steps for offshore wind energy: regulation, innovation and the sector deal 12 July 2018, London This Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is a timely seminar that will bring together policymakers and key stakeholders to discuss the issues affecting and the future role for offshore wind energy in the UK's energy mix. The agenda includes keynote addresses from Matthew Taylor, deputy director, clean electricity, BEIS and Will Apps, head of energy development, The Crown Estate. Sessions will examine the potential to trade offshore wind electricity internationally, as well as assess the obstacles facing the industry as windfarms are forced to move further out to sea. For further information, visit: www.weetf.co.uk DON'T MISS Utility Week Energy Summit 21 June 2018, London The UK's leading event for policymakers, investors, energy producers, distributors, retailers & wider stakeholders shaping the UK sector. The 2018 Utility Week Energy Summit is the perfect opportunity to discuss the country's energy future with less than one year to go until the UK leaves the EU. This is the annual meeting place for more than 150 of the top policymakers, investors, energy producers, distributors, retailers and wider stakeholders shaping the UK energy landscape. Our chair this year is Channel 4 science editor, Tom Clarke, who will steer dialogue and debate around: • the implications of Brexit on the UK energy & climate change policy • the impact the Industrial and Clean Growth strategies will have on the direction of energy policy • the landscape for renewable and conventional generation as we transition towards a low-carbon economy • the developing relationship between networks and active consumers in creating a flexible energy system Attend this CPD-certified conference to: • Hear from all the major policy and decision-makers in the UK energy sector • Gain a greater understanding of what Britain's energy and climate change future looks like as we leave the EU • Understand what the future looks like for low-carbon and traditional thermal generation • Shape the relationship between networks and active consumers within a flexible energy system For further information, visit: utilityweek.net/Summit18 Westminster Business Forum Keynote Seminar 4 July 2018, London Building a resilient UK financial sector - next steps for prudential regulation, structural reform and mitigating risks. As financial institutions prepare for the introduction of the banking ring-fence and the final Basel III regulatory framework, delegates will consider the likely effectiveness

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