There is virtually one thing that all SME’s have to face… fuel and energy bills.
Energyy Brokers NI has been recently set up to help local firms and businesses to get a fair deal from energy suppliers with no obligation and no cost to you or your business.
Located at Down Business Centre in Downpatrick, Darran Gough, a professional with over 15 years of working in the energy field, said: “We all have to pay for our electricity so I can help you make sure you are getting the right deal. Most small businesses tend to ignore the energy costs of their business at their peril. With rising costs in many small businesses it is vital if they are to survive that they look after the pennies and hopefully the pounds will look after themselves.
“Our task really is to negotiate a better energy deal for you, and when the contract is coming up for renewal, we will a couple of months ahead of this date examine the market and get the best deal for you once again.”
Basically Darran’s business does the contract analysis and the choice is yours which supplier you wish to opt for. All you need to do is give him a letter of authority negotiate on your behalf with the energy companies.
Darran added: “We value the long-term relationship with our customers and like to ensure their continued profitability. This can be a timely process and most small business don’t really have the time or expertise to get to grips with the sublties of the energy market. That is where we come in and provide a professional and confidential service without obligation to our customers. It helps the small business to keep their admin costs lower and their energy bill under control.
“Energy prices change every 3-5 days with international forces and we keep on top of the latest market trends. Â We supply fixed term contracts for energy with the energy companies.
“We have clients in the UK and the ROI and across Northern Ireland, and our business is growing. We do not believe in a hard sell approach as hopefully our service should really be selling itself in terms of the benefits to small businesses.
“For us, once a contract is secured with an energy company, our work continues and when it comes up for renewal we are on the ball at least three months in advance working for the small business. In fact most small companies don’t get advanced notice of the contract ending from the energy supplier and the small business is left with having to make a hasty and sometimes costly decision. When a contract ends it can default to a standard rate and our aim is to address this in advance and get it down as much as we can.”
Darran explained that business electricity supplies is always done in contract and that recently he managed to save one Downpatrick business £100 a month in electricity costs and another business he managed to get the electricity cost for a fixed term of two years reduced by 31%, a very significant saving.Â
Darran said: “90% of the businesses we negotiate energy packages for actually stay with the suppliers that we have matched them up with. This really is a win- win situation. The small business can get on with its work and not worry about the intricacies of energy costs and we are happy to charge the energy companies our small fee for the negotiation at absolutely no cost to the client.”
(Energy Brokers NI will also negotiate your gas prices for you with companies such as Flogas.)
Contacts: Phone Darran at 028 90 025005 0r 07736725729.
email: info@energybrokersni.co.uk
website: www.energybrokersni.co.uk
