Embracing Carbon Offsetting And Becoming Greener: The Advantages for Commercial Businesses… The importance of environmental sustainability in the current climate has become a top priority for a lot of forward thinking organisations. Climate change and its detrimental effects continue to take its toll and persist to loom large over UK businesses on top of the […]
The current state of play within the energy market has been likened to the well known phrase “picking up pennies in front of a steam roller” Businesses are understandably looking for energy prices to recover to pre-2021 levels, buoyed by the huge drop off since the start of 2023. But markets have been relatively stable […]
The Environment Agency (EA) has announced an extension to the deadline for complying with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) until 5th June 2024. This decision has been made in response to requests from stakeholders, with the aim of providing assessors with more time to carry out assessments and enabling organisations to meet the new […]
This week the UK energy market experienced significant turbulence following the announcement of an extended planned outage for a major gas processing plant at Norway’s Nyhamna. The outage has been extended by almost a month moving from 21st June to mid-July due to problems with the plant’s cooling system. This unexpected extension triggered a highly […]
Business Energy Update – This month has seen many conflicting stories relating to the current energy market and if we’ve learnt anything from recent weeks… in simple terms, our advice would be to not make commercial procurement decisions on energy based on information you’ve heard or read around the domestic energy market. There needs to […]
CCA & CCL Explained Climate change agreement are voluntary agreements made between UK industry and the Environment Agency to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In return, operators receive a discount on the Climate Change Levy (CCL), a tax added to electricity and fuel bills. The Environment Agency administers the CCA scheme on […]
Business energy is an area that with the correct guidance and support, has the potential to minimise overheads drastically. There are several ways this can be achieved, from analysing your energy consumption to securing an energy contract which is best suited to your business’ energy purchasing strategy, an experienced Energy Consultant will help you achieve […]
Making the decision to use a Business Energy Consultant will save you time, money and consumption, but choosing the right Business Energy Consultant could be the difference between a small or substantial saving in energy costs. Casting your eye over your monthly energy bill whilst trying to do a million other business related activities can […]
With winter fast approaching and daylight hours beginning to shrink, now is the perfect time to look at ways to optimise the energy efficiency of your businesses. While some industries are more energy-intensive than others, government data shows that average small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) could reduce energy bills by 18-25% by installing energy efficiency measures and implementing behavioural […]
Clear support has been announced and is welcomed by businesses to offset energy prices that have dramatically increased in recent months. What help will there be? The government will cap the wholesale rate of energy at £211/mWh for electricity and £75/mWh for gas for all businesses that have signed a contract on or after 1/4/22. This is […]