Orchard Energy is continuing to demonstrate strong growth with a string of key appointments to support its expansion.

The firm recently appointed regional managers Ross McColl in Scotland, Peter Bicchiri in Newcastle and Richard Gage for the North.

Gareth Henderson, managing director, said the next stage of growth would involve developing Orchard’s blue chip client base.

“We are already very strong in the heritage and retail sectors and have a large number of manufacturing clients who are big energy users and need to drive down costs to remain competitive,” he said.

“Another growth area is the care homes sector where clients need support with administration and invoice validation as well as purchasing.

“Energy tends to be a business’s second biggest overhead and one of the first things to look at when trying to reduce costs and we also advise on efficiency, compliance, renewables and billing queries.”