Tag: save money in business

How best to compare the market? No meerkats required.

If you are a business customer, switching energy supplier can make a big difference to your bottom line. In the current climate it is very difficult to increase ones prices to improve profits so best to focus on the costs in your business.

There are many suppliers in the market and it can be difficult to find the time to speak to more than a few of them to get a representative sample to measure the market rate.

Getting the timing right to know when to have those conversation is vital. Most businesses don’t know when their contracts end or when to serve notice so that they can leave their current supplier once it expires.

Understanding your contract is essential to the comparison process. Ofgem wants to make sure that businesses understand how to compare deals and how to go about switching. They have produced a guide on their website but so much easier to have someone do the shopping for you!

Find a broker that is independent, transparent and free of charge. Your broker will be able to help you with all the above issues.

Utilitrack is such a broker, we are independent of all suppliers and do not favour one supplier over another; we are transparent as we show our clients the results of our tender process and we are free. We do not take any share of any savings we make for you or charge you for the service. We are recognised by the suppliers who pay an industry standard commission based on usage and not your spend.

If you’d like to know more please call Gerard Duggan on 0845 6041484.

Measure your usage – sounds boring but could save many £££

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.

Simple answer for Simplified IT Company

“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.”

 AvecSys – IT Simplified

Have you heard the story of the happy White Horse?

“Gerard at Utilitrack helped us renew our gas contract in January 2010; at the time our supply was with Shell Gas. Utilitrack made sure our cancellation notice was served to our current supplier to ensure we weren’t rolled into a new contract or went into expensive out of contract rates. Gerard’s team tendered our contract to the open market and they had six responses including a renewal rate from our current supplier. Shell offered a better rate than we were currently paying, some 15% but British Gas more than doubled this which means we have over £1800 extra in our account.

Utilitrack were able to achieve this without any impact on our day to day business; two short meetings with Gerard, one to gather a copy of our bills and one to sign off the contract was all it took. I’d recommend you speak to Utilitrack to see what they can save you. We look forward to Gerard helping us renew our future energy contracts.”

The White Horse Pub Newnam Ave Bedford

Financial fitness at Fitness 4 Less

“When I heard that Energie had partnered with Utilitrack to make sure that I had the opportunity to benchmark my energy spend I was intrigued to learn more. I called Nick (Gerard’s business partner) at Utilitrack and with very little effort from me he got in touch with my energy suppliers and then arranged a competitive price tender across the whole of the market, including my existing supplier, to make sure I could benefit from the ‘win’ rate and not just the ‘renewal’ rate. I saved 23% on my gas bill and 36% on my electricity bill. I urge any member clubs to do the same thing!”

Andy Ingham, Manager at Fitness 4 Less, Canterbury

So can we help you today?

BBC appoint a new expert

If your energy needs are complex, consider delegating negotiations to a third party. Utilitrack Ltd is a Yorkshire-based broker with offices in Bedford who specialise in managing the utility needs of small and medium sized firms. Utilitrack will find you the cheapest deal and provide you with expert information on long-term energy trends so you can take action to hedge against price spikes.

The Blackburn Broadcast Company part of The Local Radio Company plc have asked us to negoiate their next energy contract, only a matter of time before the other BBC asks for our help!

Heavenly Link for Gerard…

Yesterday I had a great start to the day and was appointed by Woodside Church to review their gas and electricity spend. I look forward to reporting back to their management team once I’ve established when their contract expires. In the meantime let me let you a little about this  contemporary, Bible-believing Christian church based in Bedford.

It is a  large family of people of all ages, united by a love of God and are passionate about living their lives in a way that makes a difference to the people around them. The church is a community of people drawn from many different social and ethnic backgrounds, just like Bedford itself.

Woodside meet together on Sundays at 10.30am in a modern building located in the heart of the Putnoe area of Bedford. They also gather throughout the week in smaller groups meeting in homes across the town. Woodside run weekly programmes for children, young people, parents with small children and those seeking special personal help.

Everyone is welcome to be a part of the life of our church, wherever you’re from, whatever your age and whatever your background.

Woodside Church belongs to the Newfrontiers family of churches.

Will this footballer get a place in the Ath’s team?

Aging soccer player late signing for Bedford Athletic Rugby Club

If you’re a Bedford Athletic fan don’t worry Hendry Rheeders and Val Jones haven’t lost the plot!

The finance team of one of Bedford’s oldest sporting club’s has invited me to review their energy spend to ensure they are getting best value. As an independent utility broker I am able to check my client’s are on the right tariff.

The club won’t be charged a fee for the review and I won’t keep any of the savings which may emerge from me tendering The Ath’s energy on the open market either.

So if you’d like me to be part of your team please call me on 0800 458 9643 …at worst I’ll confirm the costs you are paying are right for your level of consumption, at best I’ll improve those rates to help your business spend its money on more interesting things!

You can be part of the team at Bedford Ath