According to many energy brokers, the issue of the “standing charge” is nearly always raised when a business owner is evaluating potential new suppliers and tariffs. Standing charges can be as little as 40p a day and as much as £2.90 for some small businesses and, understandably, many entrepreneurs focus on getting this cost down […]

If you’re currently considering switching to different gas or electricity suppliers for your business, you will be asked for your MPAN and MPRN numbers by any sales rep you speak to. MPAN stands for Meter Point Administration Number – a unique number given to your electricity supplier. The MPRN is your Meter Point Reference Number […]

Over 200,000 charities may be paying more VAT on their gas and electricity bills than they need to, according to a recent report by UK Fundraising. This money, which can’t be reclaimed even by VAT-registered charities and their associated commercial enterprises, is depriving charities of tens of millions of pounds a year. If you are […]

You may have been overpaying the VAT on and unnecessarily paying the Climate Change Levy on your church’s electricity and gas prices for years. But how do you find out? And, when planning for the coming years, how can you reduce the amount your church is paying for its energy and protect the environment? If […]

Originally established in 2014, Iresa Energy was ordered to stop taking on new clients in 2017 following major failures in its internal systems. It collapsed a year later in 2018 at which point all of its customers were transferred to Octopus Energy. Iresa created waves for both consumers and the regulator in the short time […]

Finding the energy company offering the best business gas prices is difficult. There is healthy competition among suppliers and these suppliers offer a wide variety of tariffs for business owners to choose from. Understanding exactly which one is likely to offer you the cheapest price is difficult. If you want to find out the latest […]

One of the Big Six energy firms in the UK, Southern Electric (SSE), a Scottish and Southern company, provides gas and electricity to businesses of all sizes and across all sectors in the UK. This is a time of big change for SSE. SSE has just sold their domestic energy business to OVO – all […]

London-based Bulb, formed in 2015, supplies 100% carbon neutral gas and 100% renewable electricity. Its operations and customer service teams are based in London at their UK call centre and they enjoy very high levels of satisfaction from both residential and commercial customers. In a few years, they have gone from start-up to Britain’s biggest […]

Finding the right business energy supplier and tariff is a lot more complicated and involved than sorting out the supply of gas and electricity to our homes. If you’re responsible for paying the bills at work, you’ll appreciate how fraught and complex the process is. There are dozens of suppliers on the market offering a […]

There is a good deal of truth in the perception that commercial energy contracts are easy to get into but very hard to get out of, in large part due to the fact that regulation of the commercial gas and electricity markets is patchy at best. The whole area is extremely complicated – everything from […]