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06 January, 2021Welcome to ESS, your independent and transparent Energy Savings Specialists. We act as your commercial electricity, gas, water and waste consultant. We are one of the only consultancies offering cost management for waste refuse collection.
Our approach is straightforward and transparent. We share common cause to achieve the lowest cost.
Ensuring that supplies are tendered widely is essential to achieve best value at contract renewal.
Management of waste removal are investigated, whilst ensuring that the most competitive prices are secured.
With smart metering option consumption can be closely monitored and potential leaks identified at an early stage.
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07 December, 2020Understanding the energy markets can be time-consuming, and it’s often difficult to know exactly what the best deal is, or in which areas you can save the most money. Schools have tight budgets to stick to and procuring energy at rates to match that is a tricky business.
FIND OUT MOREThe care sector is widely reported to be under pressure as local authority funding dwindles and demand increases. Energy consumption cannot usually be reduced where vulnerable residents are concerned, so it’s all the more important that your utility contracts are competitive and invoices are constantly accurate.
FIND OUT MORESMEs spend a lot of time controlling costs and securing funding. According to research from Opus Energy, 40% of SMEs say that costs are one of the biggest challenges they face. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) revealed that a significant amount of small businesses (71%) reported an increase in their operating costs in 2017.
FIND OUT MOREEnergy costs are the second biggest budget item after staff costs in a typical sports centre, according to Carbon Trust. They can account for as much as 30% of the total operating costs, which is a significantly higher figure than in other sectors.
FIND OUT MOREAppointing your own meter operator provides the opportunity to control those costs and in addition to have independent and uninterrupted access to the consumption data on line in a wide variety of graphical and tabular formats.
In the vast majority of cases, utility invoices are passed for payment by allocating a budget code and then being initialled by a person responsible for that cost centre. Rarely, if ever, are bills checked for accuracy, yet these costs can be an important overhead affecting the business.
Our process of validating all possible charges in every fixed and flexible contract invoice is unrivalled.
Our staff are experienced industry professionals and committed to delivering great customer service with a thorough and result-oriented mindset. We are independent and unbiased consultants, providing you with full transparency.
Our co-operative, partner-like approach is always thorough and focused on improvement. We believe that objective assessment and honest feedback is the best way to help organisations to deliver improved systems, assured products and efficient services.
With increasing pressures on my time from HR and growing compliance issues, I can rely on ESS to take care of my utility procurement
Mohammed Asaria, Proprietor, Alvington House
The whole process of transitioning from one refuse collection provider to another was made seamlessly through the help of ESS. The improved service and financial savings have been substantial. The whole process has been professionally handled throughout the transition
John O’Dwyer, McDonald’s Franchisee
ESS provide a valuable service on our energy and waste disposal costs across all of our sites. It is important that we engage the right partner to manage and procure these contracts and we are very pleased with the results ESS achieve for us.
Stuart Ingrey, Estates Manager, Brook Learning Trust
We have been delighted with the service provided by ESS, who have managed our energy procurement in a professional and timely manner. They have also restructured our waste refuse operation, providing sizable savings. ESS successfully Implemented a smart metering service, which has helped the school to better understand and therefore reduce its energy consumption. We are pleased that ESS are partnering the school to reduce our utility costs.
Jay Barnes, Head of Estates & Facilities, Lingfield College
Although the council had already taken advantage of the deregulated energy market to reduce its expenditure in this area, we are pleased that the particular expertise of ESS has helped identify scope for further energy savings - something which is very important when aiming to deliver value for money public services
London Borough of Croydon
As a housing group responsible for over 750 sites, it was important that we engage the right partner to manage and negotiate our energy contracts. ESS has met all our expectations.
Rick Bryan, Asset Manager, Soho Housing
The costs of providing quality care are increasing for residents and providers alike. The ESS programme ensures that our utility contracts are purchased at the most favourable rates available, and their smart metering services provide valuable insights into our consumption on a day by day basis.
Simon Penfold, Finance Director, Elizabeth Finn Homes Limited
Our portfolio of more than 50 London based office locations requires careful management of electricity and natural gas costs. ESS has regularised the administration of our supplier billing, and they ensure that we pay the most competitive prices for energy
Paul Ralph, Head of Facilities and Premises, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward
We have been working with ESS for a number of years and their expertise in managing and procuring our energy and waste disposal costs is very valuable to us. As well as securing financial savings they also manage supplier administration and any related supplier queries.
Bethan Marshall, Finance Director, Ashcroft Care Services
Keeping overheads to a minimum is vital in what is a very competitive industry. ESS has rationalised the energy contracts across our branches to streamline renewals. The competitive pricing information they provide enables me to make decisions with confidence and I have more time to manage other areas of the business.
Dene Arnold, Director, Merityre Specialists Limited
I have been absolutely delighted with the service provided to the school by ESS. They have done a super job in the negotiations and ultimately the reduction in costs for waste refuse. ESS proactively brought the issues to our attention and then proceeded to market test and negotiate with potential suppliers, ensuring that we got best value for money.
Nicholas Winther, Bursar and Clerk to the Governors, Dover College
All aspects of energy cost management and purchasing are administered by ESS, from auditing the supplier invoices to negotiating our energy and waste refuse contracts. ESS is on hand to assist with all aspects of energy, water and waste management and have consistently produced valuable cost savings for the school.
Oliver Whitman, Site Manager, Broadwater School
As a School with a roll in excess of 1,900 pupils on two large sites, it is important to us that all costs are regularly reviewed to ensure competitiveness and value for money. The expertise of ESS has identified financial savings on our energy invoices in areas that fall outside the scope of our local authority tendering process, as well as identifying and eliminating financial losses on our main water supply. We are delighted with the results they have achieved to date.
Kimberley Brown, Finance and Facilities Manager, Hall Cross Academy