The Utility Warehouse Discount Club for Business offers electricity and gas tariffs for businesses in the UK, along with also offering broadband, phone, mobile plans. Below we profile their energy tariffs along with a company profile and customer reviews.
Utility Warehouse Business Electricity Tariffs
- Available to businesses that have an electricity meter with a profile class of 01, 02, 03 or 04 (no half-hourly meters)
- No minimum contract length, can switch at any time without penalty.
- Easy to switch
- Up to £200 to help you switch
- 10% extra discount after 12 months with Gold Status
Utility Warehouse Business Gas Tariffs
- Can supply businesses with an annual consumption profile up to 292,780kWh (equivalent to around £10,000 of gas each year).
- No minimum contract length with no penalty switching
- Get up to £200 towards termination fees by your existing supplier.
- 10% extra discount after 12 months with Gold Status.
Utility Warehouse Business Gas and Electricity Tariffs
- Same benefits as the tariffs above.
- Can check local electricity prices and gas rates using their price check tool, without the need to get a quote.
- By switching both services, you’re half way to Gold Status.
Utility Warehouse Discount Club for Business Profile: Is operated by Utility Warehouse Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Plus PLC. They currently offer business services to around 30,000 UK SMEs, although this covers their full range of products.
Overall, they have around a 2% share of the UK’s energy supply market, which makes them one of the 10 biggest energy suppliers in the UK.
Utility Warehouse is unique insofar as they don’t spend money on adverting and instead rely on referrals from friends, family and business contacts. In fact they state that: “To join the Utility Warehouse Discount Club for Business you must be introduced by one of our Authorised Distributors. You will be unable to submit your application without their prior authorisation.”
The cost of joining the club is just £2 per month, which is included with your one single bill for all services offered. Finally, if you do join you and your business may both be eligible for a CashBack card which gives you up to 7% CashBack on what you spend.
Utility Warehouse Business Reviews
Positive
Utility Warehouse came a respectable joint fourth out of 23 energy companies rated by 8,917 members of the public in the 2016 Which? customer survey
“Cheaper bills and fantastic customer service – I wish I’d switched years ago!” – Richard customer testimonial
“Excellent value for money. The service and prices charged by Utility Warehouse are highly competitive and offer very good value for money.” – Mrs R Binnall via Trustpilot
Negative
“Told I would save three hundred pounds by swapping gas and electric. Signed up but when paperwork arrived found charge much higher on electric per unit and small increase on gas per unit compared with my present supplier.” – Courtney via Trustpilot
- Clear contact information (including phone number) on website? Yes, although not on homepage.
- Case studies and/or reviews on website? Yes, on blog although a little out-of-date.
- Straightforward to get quotes? Yes
- Website contains useful information about business energy? Limited, only conatins basic information about their services, but do include pricing information.
- Online account management? Unclear, can submit meter reading online, but unclear if you can manage energy usage online.
Based on the above Utility Warehouse gets a website score of 4/5.
– Posted on January 8th, 2018
Read more about Business energy suppliers and our review process.
Website: https://www.utilitywarehouseforbusiness.co.uk/energy