This frightening statistic reflects two things – (1) businesses pay little attention to their energy supplies, and (2) energy suppliers do not miss a trick if someone does not pay attention!

This apathy of businesses is understandable, no-one likes dealing with energy companies, they treat customer service as something you do not deserve, and in the grand scheme of things what your energy costs is not a matter of continuing to practice or not! True?

But what if your trivial electricity account, that currently costs you £2,000 a year, suddenly costs you £6,000 a year, then it starts to work its way up your list of notable expenditure.

Legal Utilities, the only specialist energy advisers to the legal sector, have dealt with many hundreds of energy contracts for their clients, law firms ranging from sole practitioners to top 500 firms. They understand the need to manage energy contract renewal, and not to waste much needed fee income on energy suppliers, who are making additional profits by ensuring the contract termination process remains unclear.

Here are Legal Utilities top tips to not lose out to the energy companies.

• Know your contract renewal dates
• Find out from your supplier what their termination process is. Beware that each company has a different process!
• Make sure you provide you supplier with actual meter readings to avoid unexpectedly large bills
• Make sure your financial information is up-to-date for credit checking purposes. Click here for a free guide from Legal Utilities to help ensure your credit rating is correct
• Do not be afraid to challenge your supplier on their prices if they have rolled you over. Sometimes they will relent on the rollover price and reduce it to a less uncompetitive price!

Legal Utilities can take a lot of your aggravation from this area by providing the following FREE
service for all law firms –

• Management of all your contracts ensuring correct termination dates are notified and adhered to.
• A full review of the commercial gas and electricity market place at each renewal. This includes access to some specialist gas and electricity suppliers.
• Checking of new contracts to ensure correct prices are put in place, and correcting any errors with the suppliers.
• Obtaining credits for billing errors
• Organising new supplies for office moves etc.

In addition to these FREE services Legal Utilities can also provide you with energy efficiency advice, carbon footprint monitoring, and green energy assistance, from a number of their specialist partners.

• Make sure your financial information is up to date for credit checking purposes. Click hereIf you would like Legal Utilities to contact you regarding any of the above services please Click Here.