Plug Into Cheap Business Electricity

London, United Kingdom, March 07, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Business-only price comparison service Makeitcheaper.com has bucked the trend for expensive electricity and is offering rates as low as seven pence per unit.

The rates, which can be fixed for a year, are exclusive to Makeitcheaper.com and are available to all 1.8 million electricity meters in the UK that are classed as neither residential nor industrial. These meters are located in pubs, shops, offices and small business premises as well as Third Sector buildings such as churches and community centres etc.

Nine out of ten businesses stay with the same supplier from one year to the next and consequently pay ‘default’ rates of around 10p/unit. Worse still are those businesses which are in no contract at all and paying rates of up to 15p/unit. For a small office or independent shop, typically using 25,000 units a year, the difference in annual expenditure between ‘switching’ rates (7p/unit) and ‘out-of-contract’ rates (15p/unit) is £2,000.

Jonathan Elliott, managing director of Makeitcheaper.com, commented:
“Businesses in the UK are collectively paying two billion pounds a year more than necessary for electricity because of poor contract choices. If you are being charged more than seven pence per unit then it’s time to find out when your next renewal date is, serve notice and give us a call. We can switch you over the phone in minutes and it won’t cost you a penny.”

For those in any doubt or just looking for an easy solution, Makeitcheaper.com offers a free service which logs its customers’ utility renewal dates and, during the notice window, contacts them with the best rates available in the market. If wishing to switch, Makeitcheaper.com then serves notice and arranges new contracts with total impartiality and without charge. Call 0800 970 0225 or visit www.makeitcheaper.com.

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Further information: Nick Heath (Ink PR) 020 7978 0831 / nick@inkpr.com