The beginning of the real smart meter It’s been a very long time coming, and its still not here, in fact it hasn’t even started but at least they’re now talking about starting. If you’ve read our guide on electricity profiles you’ll know what we are referring to when we talk of smart meter settlement, […]
The Cloud Part 2
We recently wrote a guide on the cloud and the potential benefits it could bring to mass energy usage, The Cloud, carbon and energy-efficiency. We focussed both on the benefits for business but also the opportunity for large organisation to invest in renewable generation and clean tech to drive their huge data centres. According to […]
10 steps to choosing the right business energy broker
Mis-selling is not just a domestic problem… With the recent action taken against Big 6 energy supplier SSE for mis-selling to domestic customers, thoughts turn to the effects on the business energy market. Here we provide a 10-step guide to what you can expect from a reputable broker. Unlike in the domestic market the proliferation […]
The Mining Minority
Is Coal Out of Fashion? 30 years after the start of the bitterest industrial action of our times, the miners strike, the UK is facing the prospect of just one single deep coal mine remaining in business. So has coal gone out of fashion? No, coal has overtaken gas as the single largest source of […]
Are smart meters worth the hassle?
In the latest in our series of questions to the boss, we focus on the issue of smart meters. Question: I’m hearing a lot about these smart meters that energy suppliers are offering at the moment – should I get one and are they worth the hassle? Business Juice: “Well firstly it’s essential that you […]
Energy News: Sam Laidlaw Decries CMA Energy Investigation
In a piece of corporate ineptitude that could only be eclipsed by a non-apology from a government minister in an expense scandal (step forward Maria Miller), Sam Laidlaw has put up a good showing this last week. Laidlaw, Chief Executive of Centrica, British Gas Business’ parent, decried the call for the CMA investigation into the […]
Big 6 Energy Companies Face-off
Following on from two polar opposite announcements last week, the butting rams of business energy square up this week. Alistair Phillips-Davies of SSE, the UK’s second biggest supplier and Sam Laidlaw of Centrica, locked horns over the latter’s “scaremongering” over the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the energy market. In calling for the […]
Is business energy too confusing?
In our Business Energy Barometer survey we asked businesses if they disagreed or disagreed with the following statement: “I’d like to do something about my business energy bills, but it’s so confusing that I don’t know where to start.” Overall, 26% of businesses said that they agree, and the figure is even higher among small and medium […]
Are businesses wasting money to save time?
When you ask businesses why they don’t switch their energy supplier, they’ll often tell you it’s because they just don’t have the time to do it. But by not spending a bit of time on their energy contract, they could end up wasting a lot of money. For an average business energy customer, the least […]
Which Is The Best Business Energy Supplier?
When faced lots of choices, how do you know which is best? We know that, for most businesses, price is the most important factor when it comes to picking a new business energy supplier. But what if two different suppliers offer you the same price? How do you decide which to accept? Customer satisfaction is […]