Real businesses. Real overheads. Real recovery.

Challenge

Five-property hotel group on rolled-over electricity contracts with no central procurement. Energy spend had grown 41% in two years with no benchmarking against the market.

Solution

Ran a 14-supplier tender for half-hourly electricity and basket-purchased gas across all sites. Aligned contract end dates and installed AMR meters to remove estimated billing.

Challenge

High-consumption manufacturer paying standard variable rates with incorrect CCL exemption and unclaimed reduced VAT on welfare areas. Three years of estimated reads inflated bills.

Solution

Forensic 6-year invoice audit, CCL re-band application, VAT split between qualifying and non-qualifying supply, and a flexible tracker contract capturing wholesale dips.

Challenge

Three practices on legacy merchant card terminals at 1.8% blended rate. Professional indemnity renewal had increased 22% on autopilot. Broadband suffering downtime during peak appointments.

Solution

Tendered card processing to acquirers and switched to interchange-plus pricing. Re-marketed PI cover with a specialist medical insurer. Installed leased-line fibre with SLA-backed uptime.

Challenge

Portfolio of 11 commercial units facing post-revaluation rateable value increases averaging 28%. Energy procured unit-by-unit at retail rates with no portfolio leverage.

Solution

Filed VOA Check-Challenge-Appeal on three units with the strongest evidence. Consolidated portfolio energy into a single basket tender across the full holding.

Challenge

Multi-site water billing chaos — duplicate standing charges, an unrecognised drainage fee, and trade effluent charges applied without justification across four depots.

Solution

Full water audit and bill recalculation, consolidated all sites under a single retailer, removed incorrect drainage and effluent charges, and backdated overpayments.

Challenge

Large half-hourly electricity user with a single-supplier renewal quote 27% above market. Capacity charges incorrectly applied and no demand-side response revenue captured.

Solution

Full 12-supplier tender, capacity market review, and registration for DSR flexibility payments. Locked an 18-month fixed contract ahead of expected wholesale rises.