As reported in the Mail last Friday with the strong exception of continental Europe the global economy is recovering well though food prices in the UK are increasing and the Consumer Price Index shows an increase of 3.7% which is double and in some cases treble the increase of some of our European neighbours. Why [...]
Why you should pay attention to your water bills just look at the profits made by the top UK water companies as reported in the FT last week. Britain’s water companies reaped annual profits of more than £1.8 billion last United Utilities recorded pre-tax profits of £529m in 2009. Anglian Water owned by Osprey Consortium, [...]
As reported in the Daily Telegraph today in a piece written by Rowena Mason. EDF Energy has set until the 21 June to assess takeover offers for the sale of its UK electricity distribution network business. Ofgem has raised concerns over this move and has asked that National operators face similar restrictions on mergers and takeovers [...]
Having completed a number of water audits over the past few months it highlights how little attention businesses attach to this particuler cost. There is a lot of information about water conservation available through the water companies websites but businesses would appear on the whole to still not be checking their bills. If they took [...]
The majority of companies think their overheads costs like gas, electricity and water are in check and pay their bills month on month with little thought. Brian James a Cannock Furniture Retailer would certainly admit that they fitted into this bracket. When I sat down and spoke with Michael Bailey, the founder of the company [...]