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Matrix Water Secures New Appointment and Variation (NAV) License

Matrix Group is excited to announce that its subsidiary, Matrix Water, has become the newest New Appointment and Variation (NAV) provider in the UK water industry. This important milestone marks Matrix Water’s entry into the market for potable water and wastewater network services, delivering tailored solutions to developers and self-lay providers across the country.

This achievement follows extensive compliance testing and collaboration with key industry stakeholders, ensuring Matrix Water meets the highest standards for providing safe drinking water and responsible wastewater management.

A Proud Moment for Matrix Group

Rob Sparkes, CEO of Matrix Group, shared his thoughts on this milestone: “This is a significant accomplishment for the Matrix Water team and everyone across Matrix Group who contributed to the project. Their hard work has paid off, and we’re excited to apply the same level of commitment to our operational and customer service teams as we launch this new service.”

Matrix Water is set to welcome its first customers in the coming weeks, starting with a new residential development in Manchester.

Expanding Matrix Group’s Service Portfolio

Rob continued: “Integrating a NAV business into Matrix Group made perfect sense. Just as we provide tailored electrical network adoption and management services through UK Power Distribution, we now offer the same level of service for water networks. This broadens our customer base and adds another layer to our multi-utility capabilities.”

As a NAV, Matrix Water will partner with Developers and Self-Lay Providers (SLPs) to adopt, own, and operate water and wastewater networks for new build residential developments. This gives developers the flexibility to choose a provider beyond the incumbent, benefitting from a customised, efficient service that includes flexible network design options, proactive legal management, and guaranteed asset value payments.

A Flexible and Nationwide Offering

Matrix Water’s NAV license allows the company to operate across the UK, without the geographic limitations faced by incumbent providers. Subject to the same regulatory standards, Matrix Water brings flexibility and commercial value to each project, ensuring developers and SLPs receive a high level of service at every stage.

Matrix Water’s expert team is well-equipped to manage regulated water and wastewater networks and is eager to explore new opportunities for expanding its portfolio by adopting assets on new residential developments.

Get in Touch

Are you a Developer or Self-Lay Provider looking to partner with Matrix Water? Contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your project.

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Matrix Group appoints Head of Water

John Spreadbury has been appointed as Head of Water by utility infrastructure specialist Matrix Group.

John’s role is to lead the Group’s newly established Matrix Water business, which has been set up to enter the New Appointments and Variations (NAV) market offering potable and wastewater services for new residential and mixed-use developments.

Joining Matrix Water from United Utilities where he was a Contracts Manager, John has more than 14 years’ experience working in water regulation, developer services and operations. He will now work with the Senior Leadership Team at Matrix Group as Matrix Water enters the NAV market, providing alternative and cost-effective water adoption solutions for Self-Lay Providers (SLPs) and Developers.

Rob Sparkes, Matrix Group CEO, said: “We made the decision to enter the NAV market based on the opportunity, insight from our customers and alignment with our in-house experience. We needed a specialist though and John was the clear choice.  I look forward to seeing how through John’s appointment the capabilities of our Group are enriched, supporting our growth and as multi-utility service provider and asset adoption business.”

John Spreadbury added: “I’m pleased to be part of the team at Matrix Group. My appointment as Head of Water is a significant career step – and one which I’m excited by because it provides the opportunity to work with a forward-thinking company, in an emerging industry space which I know well.

“I look forward to working closely with my colleagues at Matrix and with our customers as we develop our business to deliver an agile, efficient, high-quality service.”

The water industry is highly regulated and Ofwat will grant a NAV licence on a site-by-site basis. Subject to the same regulations and statutory obligations as the larger incumbents, Matrix Water will provide greater flexibility as it’s not limited by geography and can work with Developers and SLPs nationwide to ensure the best commercial value is realised.

Matrix Water’s team of specialists have the knowledge and skill to operate regulated water and wastewater networks, and are interested in opportunities to expand its portfolio through the adoption of new assets on new developments.

If you’re a Developer or Sley-Lay Provider and would like to know more, please email [email protected]

www.matrixwater.co.uk

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New Group Head Office opens

On Wednesday 16th November, Matrix Group employees gathered in Wootton, Northamptonshire to celebrate the opening of the Group’s new head office.  The utility infrastructure specialist had outgrown its previous Northampton base due to an increase in employee numbers following investment in 2020.

The new head office will be home to the Group’s central administration functions as well as providing an office base for its three operational businesses – ICP Matrix Networks, IDNO UK Power Distribution and new NAV provider, Matrix Water.

Rob Sparkes, Matrix Group CEO, said: “We outgrew our existing Northampton office some time ago and with the added challenges of Covid, this move is well overdue. We refurbished the building, modernising the workspace to enable effective hot desking, team collaboration and overall, a much-improved working environment.

“Our Group is focussed on teamwork – it’s one of our cultural values and with this new office space I’m looking forward to seeing more of us working together to achieve our ambitions.”

Matrix Group has regional offices in Warrington and Slough, providing national reach for its customers.

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Matrix makes new exec appointments

Utility infrastructure specialist, Matrix Group has appointed three new Directors to its Executive Team, all of whom are its own, homegrown talent.

Chris Hollis-Thompson has been appointed to the newly-created role of Group Technical Director; James Smith has been appointed as Managing Director of Matrix Networks, the Group’s multi-utility infrastructure design and installation business; and Simon Spencer is the Group’s new SHEQ Director.

The appointments and creation of the new Technical Director role are a reflection the phenomenal growth the Group has experienced over the past 30 months. This follows external investment in February 2020, alongside a continued desire to strengthen the Organisation’s position in the market.

Hollis-Thompson, Smith and Spencer are all long-serving employees of Matrix Group. Most notably James Smith started with the Business more than a decade ago as a Cable Jointer operating on site installations. Now as Managing Director, he’s working with the knowledge of what’s being asked of the Group’s 100-strong employee base and is keen on ensuring every individual has an active role to play in the future growth of the Company.

Smith’s fellow new Exec colleagues have also honed their leadership skills through the Business. Simon Spencer was promoted from his previous role as Operations Manager and Chris Hollis-Thompson made the natural progression to his Directorship, from Head of Design.

Commenting on the new appointment, Matrix Group CEO Rob Sparkes, said: “I started in the Company as a Cable Jointer, working alongside James and through wanting to ‘do better’, I worked my way up to where I am now. This is what Matrix is about. We nurture talent, we encourage individual career progression and I’m immensely proud to see these three colleagues now sitting alongside me as leaders of our Business.

“We work in a fiercely competitive industry but it’s one which is growing and with ample opportunity for true leaders to stand out from the crowd. That’s how we’ve worked since we were founded and with new personnel on our Exec Team, I’m very much looking forward to our future.”

 

As a utility infrastructure specialist there are three active businesses operating under Matrix Group – Matrix Networks, a multi-utility infrastructure specialist serving industrial and commercial clients; UK Power Distribution, an independent distribution network operator (IDNO); and Matrix Water, a new appointment and variation (NAV) provider, supplying potable and waste-water services for new build residential developments.

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