Close to half of British businesses have never switched energy suppliers, research reveals

Almost half (47%) of all UK businesses have never changed energy suppliers while an astounding 20% are not even aware that they can do so, which means that it’s harder for them to cut energy usage, a recent market survey has been able to reveal.

The survey of more than 2,000 small business owners and decision makers also found that 75% – or 3.9 million – of firms think they pay too much for gas and electricity and almost the same number know for a fact that savings could be made.

Switching energy suppliers or tariffs are seen as a “hassle” by 28% of businesses, while nearly half (46%) fear costs and fees attached to moving to a new supplier and are “nervous about the increase in paperwork” while more than a quarter (27%) believe switching will cause a disruption to their energy supply.

HeatingSave – helping your business cut energy usage by 20% to 30%

Replacing your central heating clock with a HeatingSave energy and boiler management controller is the quickest way of beating those tariff rises and saving on energy costs, often paying for itself in less than a year but almost always in less than 3 years.

HeatingSave can cut your business cut energy usage by 20% to 30% with its energy management control, as its internal microprocessor constantly calculates and improves the efficiency and savings of your central heating system.

Using HeatingSave, simply choose the room temperature and the hot water you want, and when, and HeatingSave does the rest. It works with all central heating systems – oil, gas or coal – and links up with a PC to produce reports and graphs to fashion a powerful and complete energy management system.

The system is backed by the Carbon Trust and the Energy Savings Trust.