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19.11.04 | Bostock and Pollitt win contract for SPAA

New extranet will enable online management of developments in the retail gas industry

London, 19 November 2004 - Bostock and Pollitt, the independent design and communications consultancy, has won a major contract from the gas industry to facilitate the development of gas retail governance using an advanced online management system.

Bostock and Pollitt will meet the brief by developing a website which will enable the gas industry parties to manage the development of retail governance completely online and in a secure system. Documents will be authored by a central manager and commented on and signed off online by all the parties to the agreement. Each party to the development and sign-off process will be able to view the document history and amendments. This will speed up the governance development process and provide secure access to approved documents. In addition, this approach will enable all parties to review the level of the Project control and audit completed work.

Gas Industry retail governance is controlled by a Supply Point Administration Agreement (SPAA) developed by the Gas Industry and Ofgem. This facilitates the development of processes and procedures jointly agreed to support competition in the supply of gas.

David Thorne, Regulatory Energy & Compliance Manager at British Gas and member of the SPAA Executive Committee, said: "Bostock and Pollitt have shown in-depth understanding of our objectives and developed a solution which will revolutionise the way we manage our business. Having obtained all parties' commitment to develop governance we can now move ahead with speed and transparency."

Danny Somekh, new media director at Bostock and Pollitt commented, "This project will show how a web-based facility can speed up industry development whilst at the same time enhancing security and control" He added: "It's a model which could be applied to many other sectors."