subject: Risks and Opportunities for Business Growth in 2010...but keep an eye on those business energy bills! [print this page] Author: Julian Morgan Author: Julian Morgan
In his New Year message the CBI director-general Richard Lambert highlighted a number of risks and opportunities for British Business in the year ahead concluding. The message is that the UK does indeed face big structural problems but with sufficient determination they can be largely fixed within the lifetime of the next parliament. At the same time, the job of political and business leaders is to focus relentlessly on those policies that will enable a different and more sustainable pattern of economic growth for the future education and skills, enterprise and innovation, competitive taxes and flexible labour markets, private sector investment, trade growth and open markets. Julian Morgan, MD, Energy Advice Line commented that Although the Director Generals message is fine at a higher level, for a lot of small businesses there is still a need to be focused on cost savings to remain competitive and watching the overheads to ensure they survive in what is still a recessionary period, key to this is their business energy bills. Company Directors often find themselves with their business electricity and business gas bills forcing them to reduce costs elsewhere because of contract rates that are crippling their operations. However, changes to the supply licence by the regulator OFGEM will benefit small businesses and help them avoid the pitfalls of the big 6 suppliers assuming renewal on very uncompetitive rates for lengthy contract durations. This will benefit business customers signing up for new contracts from 18th January 2010. He continued Utilising the services of an independent energy comparison service like Energy Advice Line can often save a business a great deal of time and money when it comes to searching for and negotiating the best deal possible for their business electricity or business gas requirements. At Energy Advice Line we have tailored ourselves as consumer champions of the business energy market, believing that everyone should be entitled to clear, trustworthy and impartial advice about their business energy bills. With an in-house team of specialists Energy Advice Line can assist customers with any information or queries they may have, in the first instance though it is worth visiting Energy Advice Lines web site http://www.energyadviceline.org.uk/ or calling 0800 915 1800 See complete article published at telegraph.co.uk, Friday 01 January 2010 on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6917429/New-year-message-from-CBI-director-general-Richard-Lambert.htmlAbout the Author:
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