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“The best way to cut your energy bill is to use an independent energy broker with the experience, expertise and infrastructure required to transparently advise on the best approach and manage the whole contract and buying process”, says Gareth Henderson of Orchard Energy.
Orchard Energy is a unique business consultancy that cuts firms’ energy bills by...
Orchard Energy, a unique business consultancy that cuts firms’ energy bills by an average of 50 per cent estimates it has saved over 40 businesses in the north east in excess of £1.2m on energy costs in its first quarter, operating from offices on Newcastle’s Quayside.
Established in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, seven years ago, Orchard Energy manages clients’ entire gas and electricity processes on an outsourced basis. Guaranteeing the lowest prices, it also achieves contracts and payment schedules that best suit individual circumstances and creates tailored packages to...
Firms face fines of up to £45k if they fail to comply with the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, warns Gareth Henderson, managing director of Orchard Energy and a founder member of industry regulatory body, the Utility Intermediary Association.
Launched this month, the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is the UK's mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme. The scheme requires all non-transport UK organisations, from half hourly meter point users to firms using over 6GW...
Energy savings by business will make a vital contribution to the reduced carbon emissions that are vital to prevent global warming, or minimise its effects.
Apart from being the ethical route, it is one that can see cost savings in the form of massively reduced power bills (up to 50%) and the avoidance of the swinging financial penalties for failing to meet tough targets that will be imposed on commercial organisations in upcoming years.
Encouragingly, there are a number of surprisingly easy ways businesses can bring about real change.
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