We have been investigating the affect that vitality brokers have on small companies.
What we have found paints a worrying image:
- 3.2 million small companies have had a unfavourable expertise with a dealer within the final 12 months
- Brokers are utilizing damaging practices like concealing commissions, aggressive chilly calling and posing as vitality suppliers
- 78% of small companies suppose brokers ought to need to be clearer concerning the fee they tackle vitality offers
We need to repair the system in order that it protects small companies.
So, we have collected our findings right into a report, Small companies at nighttime: Power brokers and the hidden scandal in vitality costs.
It outlines some brokers’ damaging techniques, the unfavourable affect they’ll have and what we predict must be executed to vary issues.