Anway, here we go.  I recently took on a new client to look at their energy supplies.  As is often the case, an energy broker had placed their previous contracts around eighteen months ago.  Most of the supplies are in two year contracts at the moment.  Whilst gathering some data on the supplies, I found the contract for one Half Hourly electricity supply.  This contract stated the rates and dates for the supply, January 2010 to December 2011 with British Gas.  Fine and dandy, I thought.  I’ll keep any eye on that one for renewal time. 

Shortly afterwards, I came across two recent invoices for this same supply from April and May this year, 2011.  Instead of the contracted rates, the client was being charged out of contract rates!  Some quick investigation and a call to BG revealed that this issue had been going on since the start of the contract back in January 2010.  My keen eye and attention to detail has resulted in the client obtaining a rebate from British Gas of just over £10,000, not to mention the savings going forward until the end of the contract, which could be another £4,000.  A good result all round, I hope you’ll agree.  As for that contract end date of December 2011, well there lies another story…….

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Leadership, time management and dress and appearance were just some of the topics covered.  Another speaker talked about FAFFING, and how to do less of it, something I think we would all like to be able to do.

The keynote speaker was Colonel Stuart Tootal DSO, former commanding office of 3 Para.  His recollections of his first mission to Afghanistan were extremely moving and harrowing at the same time.  His new book, “Danger Close” is a must read for any fan of military literature, with some of the proceeds going to The Afghan Trust, a charity to help veterans from the conflict.  As an ex-military man myself, it was a pleasure to meet Stuart.

On the day of the conference, Auditel’s chosen charity for 2011, Help for Heroes, benefitted from over £3000 of donations as part of a raffle and charity auction.  Thanks go to all of our sponsors for donating some superb prizes, even though I didn’t win any!

Thanks to all the speakers and all head office staff for making the day memorable and extremely useful.  Roll on next year!

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Firstly, another good success on insurance savings for a client.  Thanks to the help of our strategic partner, Bluefin, one client has made savings of around £14,000 against historic premiums.  A great result I would say.

The second success this month was on a category that was new to me.  Cash in Transit.  This is an overhead for retail type premises and anybody who needs large amounts of cash trasnporting to banks.  There are a limited amount of well known national suppliers, but I still managed to do a review which achieved savings of 39 percent.  A revised offer by the incumbent supplier could have achieved savings of 30 percent, but the client decided to change suppliers anyway.

So, if you feel your insurance premiums could do with a serious reduction, or you have cash handling requirements, give me a call.  I’d be happy to see what I can do for you too.