New partnership agreement for HomeServe

BLACK Country domestic repairs and maintenance provider HomeServe has signed a long-term partnership with Sembcorp Bournemouth Water.

The Walsall-based plc said today the addition of SBW as an affinity partner increased the number of HomeServe’s UK water utilities partners to 15 covering 23.5m UK households.

Under the agreement, HomeServe will promote its home emergency and repair policies, using SBW’s brand, to over 200,000 residential households as well as Bournemouth’s existing 10,000 home emergency policyholders.

This latest deal follows HomeServe’s buyout from its JV partner in France, Veolia Environment, of its 51% share of Doméo in a £83m deal.

Chief executive Richard Harpin said: “We are pleased to have signed a long-term affinity partnership agreement with Sembcorp Bournemouth Water enabling HomeServe to further extend its UK water utility footprint.”

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SBW managing director Roger Harrington added: “We’re delighted to be partnering with HomeServe, to offer our customers the peace-of-mind that goes with HomeServe’s market-leading home emergency and repair service.”