AUDIENCE INSIGHTS

Welcome to the new Buyers Insights Report - The £300bn Challenge

As UK energy and water companies prepare to invest around £300bn in infrastructure over the next five to ten years, take a look at the
new Buyers Insight Report to help you plan for 2026 and beyond.

🗈 Take a look:



In this report:

  • Utilities buying priorities for 2026 
  • Where utilities leaders would most value meeting new suppliers

  • How utilities want to buy

  • What’s keeping utility leaders awake at night and how supply chain partners can support them

  • The most prominent topics grabbing the attention of
    utilities professionals throughout 2025

  • Key stats all utilities supply chain partners should know

More than half of our 4,000 attendees authorise or influence spend, collectively controlling over £14bn of annual investment.
Take a look at the report to see how you can plan for 2026 and onwards.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Share your insights and business solutions with 4,000+ utilities professionals?


There's opportunity for you to join the speaker line up for UWL26. The content programme consists of 175+ influential utilities leaders, is crafted by our award-winning editorial team and supported by our Advisory Board (top executives from across water, gas and power). 

Apply to speak to be considered for a presentation or panel discussion and make your mark in the decade that counts. 
 

UWL26 is investing in putting innovation front and centre and there are many ways for suppliers (of all sizes) to demonstrate leadership and showcase products and solutions. Any business that is serious about utilities and committed to innovation cannot afford to miss it.

 

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