http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views News & Views - Energy Advice Line Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The UK’s leading online price comparison and switching service for business electricity prices Energy Advice Line is keen to remind customers to be vigilant about serving advanced termination notice to their current commercial electricity supplier to prevent their contract being automatically rolled over onto expensive renewal rates. Even with OFGEM intervening ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/business-electricity-customers-need-to-check-when-their-contract-expires-to-stop-being-automatically-renewed-onto-expensive-rates The cost of energy and the reliability of supply are among the most critical issues facing small and medium-sized firms, according to a new survey by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) A total of 80% of business energy users reported that fuel costs were “very important” or “important” issues, while ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/energy-among-the-top-of-concerns-of-small-and-medium-sized-firms Business electricity consumers should brace themselves for higher energy prices and lock into fixed-price tariffs as soon as possible, according to the Energy Advice Line. The advice follows last week’s announcement by Centrica, parent company of the UK’s biggest energy firm British Gas, that consumers faced an average increase of £50 ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/business-electricity-bills-set-to-rise The UK’s leading online price comparison and switching service for business electricity prices Energy Advice Line has urged business customers to lock into an energy contract for at least 12 months to avoid expected future price increases. Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has said that despite its recent cut ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/british-gas-owner-centrica-warns-business-customers-in-the-uk-of-higher-business-electricity-and-gas-prices A business electricity cold caller from Business Energy Solutions tried to pressurise a customer into a contract but would not offer commercial electricity rates until the customer confirmed what out of contract prices they were paying. Julian Morgan, Managing Director of the Energy Advice Line says that this approach raises concern ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/a-business-electricity-cold-caller-uses-the-old-door-step-sales-tactic-to-earn-more-commission-to-the-detriment-of-the-consumer A well-known business electricity supplier cold calls a customer and urges them to sign up to a new energy contract on the basis that they can get the customer out of their current fixed price contract. Julian Morgan, Managing Director of the Energy Advice Line says that the new business electricity ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/a-well-known-business-electricity-supplier-cold-calls-consumer-and-states-they-can-release-them-from-their-current-fixed-price-contract The UK’s leading price comparison and switching service for business electricity prices Energy Advice Line has urged the government and suppliers at the UK Energy Summit in London on 3rd May 2012 to create an energy infrastructure in the UK that is sustainable and with the primary objective of safeguarding ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/energy-advice-line-urges-government-at-energy-summit-to-protect-uk-businesses-from-any-further-price-rises A business electricity consumer, who has just moved into new premises, was targeted by an energy supplier who adopted a very pressurized approach by stating that as the premises current supplier they could only accept a contract with them. Although the cold caller was very convincing in his sales approach the ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/business-electricity-consumer-told-by-supplier-that-the-only-option-available-was-to-accept-a-contract-with-them LOWER electricity costs for domestic and business energy users are among the benefits that will flow if the UK leads the way in smart grid technology, according to a new report. Although the technology will cost £27 billion to develop and implement, failure to upgrade the UK’s aging electricity infrastructure will ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/smart-grid-technology-could-lower-business-energy-costs A business electricity consumer has just joined the Energy Advice Line Say No To Cold Call campaign and his going to spread the word to all of the businesses in her local area after being hounded by unsolicited cold callers from “Central Registrations”. The business electricity consumer was left shaken by ... http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/news-and-views/business-electricity-consumer-is-told-that-she-would-go-to-jail-if-the-cold-caller-could-not-register-the-meter