npower, a leading energy supplier, announced in a press release that its Smart Start scheme recently had its 10,000th customer. Smart Start scheme is a toolkit and advice service which helps SMEs save on their energy bills quickly, through easy to implement energy efficiency measures.
Patrick Harvey, npower's head of customer loyalty, said: "Helping 10,000 UK SMEs to save energy is a significant milestone for them and us. The Carbon Trust (News - Alert) believes that businesses could save 10 percent on their energy bills through easy energy efficiency measures: if each of these 10,000 SMEs saved 10 percent on their annual energy bill, up to £5 million could have been saved already. This is testament to the impact that simple measures, such as those included in the SmartStart help and advice can have. The ethos behind SmartStart is to help businesses realize the savings they can make by providing the right advice and support. It’s great to see so many SMEs are taking energy efficiency seriously, and realizing the rewards that can be achieved through such measures.”"We know from the findings of npower's latest Business Energy Index (nBEI) that 53 percent of small businesses do not have any methods in place to manage energy efficiency. I suspect this is because many do not have the resources themselves to research and implement energy efficiency measures, so with toolkits such as SmartStart this is taken care of and cost savings are easily achievable,” Harvey added.
With npower's SmartStart service, SMEs can keep an eye on the energy consumption and spot the areas where they can save energy. Moreover, they can also take advice from experts to identify the simple measures which will make a big difference. All they need to do is dial an easy helpline number (0845 070 4019). With these small and simple measures, SMEs can save up to 10 percent off their energy bills.
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Edited by Rich Steeves
