Ofgem is the UK energy regulator. It licences suppliers for business energy. The market splits between large and small suppliers. A business using under 100,000 kWh electricity a year may be a microbusiness, with extra protections. This guide explains the structure and rules.
What Half-Hourly Metering Is and Why It Exists A half-hourly (HH) electricity meter records consumption every 30 minutes and transmits that data...
A change of tenancy (COT) for business energy in 2026 transfers the supply contract from the outgoing to the incoming tenant. The new tenant must contact the supplier, provide meter readings, and can choose a new contract. The outgoing tenant remains liable for charges until the COT is completed.
A business energy efficiency checklist for 2026 ranks measures by payback period, from zero-cost behaviour changes to long-term infrastructure.
Why Businesses Skip the Audit and Pay for It Later Most UK businesses that overpay on energy bills do so not because their contracts are bad but...
What Drives Business Gas Bills in the UK Business gas bills are shaped by three variables: the volume of gas consumed (measured in kWh), the...
What Deemed Rates Are and Their Legal Basis A deemed contract is a supply arrangement that arises by operation of law.
What Out-of-Contract Rates Are When a fixed-term business energy contract ends and no new contract has been agreed, the supplier moves the...
Why Broker Selection Matters Not all business energy brokers operate to the same standard.
How Business Energy Broker Commission Works When a business energy broker arranges a supply contract on your behalf, the broker is paid by the...
What a Business Energy Broker Actually Does A business energy broker, also called a third-party intermediary (TPI), acts as a procurement agent...
Setting up energy for a new business premises involves two entirely separate processes that many business owners conflate: getting the physical...
Most business energy customers have considerably fewer legal protections than domestic consumers.
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting is the mandatory framework that embeds energy and emissions disclosure into the statutory accounts of...
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme places a legal obligation on large UK enterprises to audit their energy use and identify cost-effective...
A supplier advertising a "100% renewable" business energy tariff is not automatically misleading - but it is not automatically meaningful...
By 2026, almost every UK business energy supplier offers a tariff labelled green, renewable, or 100 percent renewable electricity.
The phrase "average business electricity bill" hides enormous variation. A solo consultant working from a 40-square-metre commercial unit pays a...
VAT on UK business energy is one of the most quietly expensive lines on a small-business bill, and one of the most commonly overpaid.
The standing charge is the line on your business energy bill that earns the least attention and quietly does the most damage.
Between 2021 and 2023, more than 30 UK energy suppliers exited the market. Most were small challengers caught between fixed retail prices and a...
The Autumn Budget 2025 introduced a spousal exemption that protects pension assets passing to a surviving spouse or civil partner from the new April 2027 inheritance tax rules. We explain what is covered, who qualifies, and the planning implications.
The £20,000 ISA allowance is unchanged for 2026/27 but the savings landscape behind it is shifting. Best-buy fixed rate cash ISAs now pay up to 4.65%, with easy-access rates dipping. We explain what changed, the lifetime ISA rules, and how to use the allowance.
Santander cut selected fixed, tracker and product transfer rates by up to 50bps from 11 May 2026, with Halifax following on remortgage products. We explain what changed, what the best buys look like as of 12 May, and how to think about timing your remortgage.
HMRC May 2026 technical note on bringing unused pension funds into inheritance tax from April 2027: scope, reporting, executor steps, and timeline.
London stocks fell on 7 May 2026 with Flutter, Centrica and Shell among the biggest losers as conflicting messages from Iran and the US created sharp volatility. Here is what investors should watch.
Fertiliser costs for UK farmers have risen up to 70% because of the Iran conflict, according to one of Britain's largest farming companies, with warnings of a 'dramatic' impact on food prices.
The FCA confirmed on 6 May 2026 it will review claims management practices, days after issuing a fresh statement on legal challenges to its motor finance redress scheme. Here is what consumers and firms need to know.
UK government borrowing costs surged to their highest levels since 1998 this week as investors reacted to the Iran conflict, rising oil prices and political uncertainty. Here is what is driving gilt yields and why it matters.
The 2026/27 ISA allowance is £20,000 per adult across cash, stocks and shares, innovative finance, and Lifetime ISAs. A practical guide to using the allowance early and efficiently.
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