Is your business eligible for 5% VAT?
Is your business eligible for 5% VAT? In some cases, organisations are paying 20% VAT on energy when 5% may apply. Applying for 5% VAT is the responsibility of the organisation, not the supplier (who will default to 20% unless consumption dictates otherwise, and even then may still apply 20%. If consumption is borderline, […]
What Ed Miliband’s Letter Really Means
The government doesn’t write to an entire industry unless it sees a problem. That is exactly what has happened following the recent letter from Ed Miliband to energy brokers and third-party intermediaries across the UK. Against the backdrop of renewed volatility in wholesale energy markets, the message is clear: standards in parts of the broker […]
Not the Smartest Energy Supplier
Billing Error Cost a Business £2.4k & 3.5 Years A simple meter issue should have been resolved quickly. Instead, it led to debt collection, a blocked supplier transfer, and a 3.5-year dispute that required two Ombudsman cases to resolve. Some business energy disputes are complex. This one shouldn’t have been. The original issue was simple: […]
Pozitive: Serious Concerns over Billing
PE (Pozitive Energy) Solutions: Serious Concerns Over Billing Are Actual Electricity Bills Actually… Actual? I’m handling multiple client cases involving PE (Pozitive Energy) Solutions that raise serious concerns about billing accuracy, data integrity, and transparency on Half-Hourly (HH) and register usage data. These are not minor discrepancies. They point to a potentially systemic issue in […]
LNG Disruption Confirms Real Risk
LNG Disruption Confirms Real Risk Previously, I wrote that the next energy crisis was unlikely to be driven by oil, but by gas. Events over the last few days in the Middle East are confirming that view. Following attacks affecting gas infrastructure in the Gulf region, including disruption to Qatari LNG supply, gas prices have […]
TNUoS Charges from 1st April 2026
TNUoS Charges from 1st April 2026 From 1 April 2026, many UK businesses may notice changes to their electricity standing charges. In some cases, the increase may appear significant. However, the cause is not a supplier price rise, but a change to an industry-wide network charge known as Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS). Like […]
The Next Energy Crisis won’t be Oil
The Next Energy Crisis Won’t Be Oil For decades, energy crises were defined by oil. Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, embargoes from OPEC, and price spikes in Brent Crude dominated headlines. But the structure of the global energy system has changed. The vulnerability today isn’t oil. It is gas. And more specifically, liquefied natural […]
Professional Scepticism
Professional Scepticism Soft Skill that Prevents Expensive Mistakes In business, we tend to separate ‘technical competence’ from ‘soft skill’. Technical skills win contracts.Soft skills help you ‘communicate better’. That distinction is misleading. Some of the most expensive commercial failures I’ve seen had nothing to do with intelligence, capability, or expertise. They were caused by something […]
Vineyard Overbilled £143k/yr on Electric
Kent Vineyard Overcharged £143k/yr When a newly established English vineyard began receiving its first electricity bills, the finance team noticed something alarming. The daily standing charge alone was costing hundreds of pounds, even before significant electricity usage was factored in. Although the supplier confirmed the charges matched the signed contract, the scale of the fixed […]
What to Expect from Energy Prices in 2026
What to Expect from Energy Prices in 2026. Lock In or Hold Fire? One of the most common questions business owners ask is simple: “Should I fix now or wait?” The answer, as the UK energy markets demonstrated in 2024 and 2025, is rarely straightforward. These two years provide a clear example of how market […]
