Small and medium sized businesses in the UK must be wary of the assumptive renewal tactics employed by business electric and suppliers in the UK warns the Energy Advice Line. Unfortunatley for the majority of SME business energy consumers assumptive renewal is common place when the client is coming to the end of a fixed term contract period.

Commercial Director, Julian Morgan states "Suppliers rely on this tactic to roll their clients over onto a further contract duration/period which can be as long as 24 months, usually on prices that are more than 30-40% above the current retail price - The supplier maximises their margin to the detriment of their client!"...READ MORE>

Small and medium sized businesses in the UK are being subjected to an increased number of unsolicited cold calls from Energy sales agents or suppliers! This old fashioned sales tactic uses misleading information and tries to pressurize the customer into accepting a contract over the phone usually on very high prices ...READ MORE>

Energywatch, the UK's gas and electricity watchdog is warning customers to beware of win-back phone calls from British Gas Business.

Julian Morgan, Commercial Director at the Energy Advice Line explains "the win-back tactic from British Gas is putting the client in a very difficult position as they have usually already formed a binding contract with another supplier. Then as a last ditch attempt to keep the customer British Gas object to the client transfering to their new supplier and while this block is in place, their very aggresive win back team phones the client and pressurises them into agreeing a new contract ...READ MORE>

With electricity and gas price rises very much a focus of attention at present, small and medium-sized businesses need to know what options and alternatives are available before they can confidently switch to a new supplier and realise what can be a significant annual saving.

The Energy Advice Line is a new online electricity price comparison and switching service dedicated exclusively to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK ...READ MORE>