Energy Services Group acquires Utiligroup
US firm Energy Services Group has acquired UK-based Utiligroup for a reported £100m.
The Lancashire firm provides data management and software to energy companies around...
Centrica confirms no gas injections at Rough in 2017/18
Centrica's storage arm has confirmed that there will be no further injections of gas at the Rough storage facility in storage year 2017/18. Long term...
UK gas and power prices hit two year highs, but soften as system copes...
UK power prices in the first three months of 2017 averaged almost a third higher than the same period a year earlier, according to...
Small firms growing tired of constant calls from energy brokers
Small businesses appear to be tiring of constant calls from energy brokers, new research published by Ofgem suggests. Yet at least a quarter are...
Broker Pulse acquired by telecoms firm Arrow Business Communications
Energy Broker Pulse has been acquired by business communications firm Arrow for an undisclosed sum.
Pulse, owned by Ben Dhesi and wife Purdeep Kang, made...
Inenco: Energy supplier billing errors ‘costing UK firms half a billion pounds’
Inaccurate billing by energy suppliers is costing UK firms half a billion pounds a year, according to third party intermediary Inenco.
The consultancy says that one...
Former Extra Energy and Inenco Direct boss joins smart billing firm Junifer
Former Extra Energy CEO and Inenco Direct managing director Geoff Childs has joined utility smart billing firm Junifer Systems.
Childs joins as business development director.
Paul...
Wirral Council plans local energy company
Wirral Council looks set to become the next local authority to launch a municipal energy company. The Council's leader has backed the move and the...
Scottish Power launches second phase of ‘Operation TPI’
Scottish Power’s strategic push to build deeper links with third party intermediaries (TPIs) in the I&C sector has entered its second phase.
The energy supplier...
Centrica posts solid profits, further job cuts, Rough doubts remain
Centrica posted solid 2016 results, with operating profit up 4% to £1,515m and debt down 27% to £3,473m. The company indicated it plans to shave a further £500m...
TPIs ‘least trusted’ by company bosses
Trust issues continue to plague third party intermediaries (TPIs), according to a survey of directors and managers.
Firms polled by The Energyst, mostly from industrial and...
TPIs and brokers: Brace for two years of extreme volatility
Third party intermediaries are warning businesses to brace for two years of volatile energy prices, following extreme market swings over the last year.
At the start...
No new billing system for foreseeable future, says SSE as customer losses continue
SSE has decided against upgrading its back-end billing system any time soon.
The supplier, attempting to stem the rate of customer losses in recent years,...
DataCentres North: full programme announced
Datacentres North’s educational programme will address both 'strategic issues' affecting the industry and the opportunities specific to the region, as well as the 'operational...
British Gas to pay £9.5m penalty for business customer billing failures
British Gas has been hit with a £9.5m penalty for billing and complaints failures by regulator Ofgem.
Tens of thousands of business customers received inaccurate...
Partnership: Total and Amber to supply energy and efficiency services to Edgbaston Stadium
Total Gas & Power has broken its duck, signing its first venture in cricket with Warwickshire County Cricket Club to supply energy to Edgbaston...
SmartestEnergy launches ‘100% green power’ certified by Carbon Trust
SmartestEnergy has launched a new product, which it claims is a first: 100% renewable power certified by the Carbon Trust. The business energy supplier says...
New general manager for Total Gas & Power
Sion Roberts has been made general manager of Total Gas & Power.
Roberts, with the company for two decades and most recently its commercial director,...
National Grid sells majority stake in gas distribution network
National Grid has sold a 61% stake in its gas distribution business to a consortium of investors. The deal values the distribution business at...
Drax to buy business energy supplier Opus Energy for £340m
Drax is set to acquire business energy supplier Opus Energy in a £340m deal.
Drax said Opus, which last year generated sales of £323m to small...