Nottingham’s Robin Hood Energy will partner two new white label operations. Islington Council’s Angelic Energy launched this week while Doncaster’s Great North Energy launches next month. Both are not-for-profit and have similar aims to help lift residents out of fuel poverty. Doncaster said its collective switching exercise in 2014 cut bills by £450,000. It believes Read more…

SME energy platform Love Energy Savings has hired ex-utility staff in a bid to attract industrial and commercial firms to its new third party intermediary service. The company says Love Energy Solutions will make transparency over fees and commission one of its core principles. “There is a clear need for more openness within the energy Read more…

Former Npower head of new business development Jon Davies has launched a new energy switching app for small businesses. With price comparison sites predominantly focused on deals for households, Davies believes Switching Energy’s free app fills a gap in the market. The company says it enables small businesses to obtain a quote, contract with the Read more…

TPI behemoth Kinect has added another 1,500 industrial and commercial businesses to its books with the acquisition of Orchard Energy. The firm, created last year when US giant World Fuel Services brought together energy management and procurement firms Bergen Energi and The Utilities Exchange under the global Kinect brand, completed the deal yesterday. “The professional team Read more…

Government funding cuts have seen many public sector energy posts removed or merged and some public sector organisations are having to rethink their approach to procurement. Total Gas & Power’s Sally-ann Kempin believes a professional buying organisation (PBO) may provide the solution. Total Gas & Power is currently the supplier on six awarded framework agreements, Read more…

Flogas outlines its credentials as a supplier of LPG in this sponsored post. For off-grid businesses making the switch from oil to LPG, choosing the right supplier is a top priority. In previous articles, Flogas has looked at the financial and environmental benefits of switching to LPG for heating, hot water, cooking and powering industrial Read more…

Drax CEO Dorothy Thompson will step down at the year end. She will be succeeded by current chief financial officer Will Gardiner. The company said Gardiner, who joined the firm almost two years ago, was selected ahead of internal and external candidates. Chairman Philip Cox said Gardiner was “a focused, innovative and engaging leader”, and thanked Thompson Read more…

Whatever a business’s size, energy costs can represent a significant percentage of its overheads. That said, the larger the operation and the more energy-intensive its requirements, the greater the opportunity to reap big cost and carbon savings by switching to a more efficient fuel. This is especially true for off-grid commercial premises, many of which Read more…

Eon’s UK power sales fell 1.5 billion kilowatt hours, or 8%, in the first half of 2017. Posting half year results, the firm warned that Brexit, its impact on Sterling and ‘interventionist’ energy policy would take their toll on UK operations. Power sales to small and medium enterprises (SME) and households fell 12% compared to Read more…

For the scores of commercial premises across the UK that aren’t connected to the mains gas grid, finding a reliable, readily available fuel that won’t cost the earth can be a real challenge. As familiar territory, oil is often the go-to choice for powering everything from heating and hot water to cooking facilities and manufacturing Read more…

Fossil giant Shell has entered the UK industrial and commercial (I&C) power supply market. Ofgem’s register of supply licence applications alerted market participants to the move some weeks ago. Since then the company had refused to comment on its plans, citing a close period due to financial results. However the company today confirmed the move Read more…

British Gas made no money from its business to business energy supply division in the first half of this year. The firm shed 30,000 UK business customers and posted a profit of £0 versus £31m the prior year. Publishing first half results, parent company Centrica said the business continued to rebuild its reputation following fallout Read more…

Dave Cockshott has swapped Inenco for SmartestEnergy. From November, the former Npower director will take on the newly created role of chief commercial officer at Smartest, with responsibility for all customer groups at the firm. Announcing the hire, Robert Groves, CEO of SmartestEnergy, said: “This is a critical role for SmartestEnergy and Dave brings the Read more…

SSE has now installed over 600,000 smart meters, according to its latest trading statement, a significant increase in the last few months. However, it lost almost a quarter of a million customers during that time. The company told The Energyst on 2 March that it had installed “over 400,000 smart meters” and said its proposed Read more…

Drax, owner of the UK’s largest power station, sees further growth in energy retail and plans to take market share from incumbent business-to-business suppliers. However, it has ruled out entering the politically-charged domestic retail market. Meanwhile, in its generation business, according to first half results, earnings growth continues from security of supply and ancillary services Read more…

Wessex Water has acquired switching platform Flipper, which automatically switches subscribers onto the cheapest energy deal. The company, with its future more secure, is looking to move beyond energy. Wessex Water said it will now explore how to apply the platform to the business-to-business market. Flipper launched in 2016 and takes a small annual fee from Read more…