Gerard Duggan

Archive for August, 2010

Peter Drucker said: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” But it’s a bit boring watching your electricity meter slowly turning. So why not install a digital electricity usage meter that displays to the nearest watt how much energy your firm is consuming? Meters aren’t expensive. You can pick up a Current Cost Envi digital display (made by British entrepreneur Martin Dix) for under £40 on eBay. Installation is non-technical and takes 30 seconds. If you input your price per kilowatt hour, it will translate the energy statistics into pound signs. The display is wireless, so you can keep it on your desk. You’ll be surprised what an impact the installation of such a device will have on consumption.

If your energy bill is under £50,000 the Carbon Trust can’t offer you much advice so speak to Energy Efficiency in Business (EEiB). Poole based EEIB have a practical assessment process for SME businesses and have energy specialists in many parts of the UK. They can help install simple devices to assist you achieve those all important quick wins and develop leveraging to your newly found green credentials.

The surveys they conduct qualify for training grants and therefore may not cost you anything but save you on average £3500 so well worth a call…speak to Dan Claridge on 0845 5678 100.

“We hadn’t considered using a broker to help us purchase our energy contracts before but I met Gerard at a networking event and though I’d try his business out. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to engage the services of Utilitrack; I only needed to provide a copy of my latest gas and electricity bills. Gerard’s accounts team renewed both our gas and electricity contracts with our current provider and saved us money. As a result of engaging Utilitrack, which didn’t cost us anything, our gas bill is 19% lower and we are paying 28% less for our electricity. I’ve started recommending Gerard to my clients.”

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