Business brokers – no longer just the middle-man.

A business gas and electricity broker is a B2B (business to business) agent in a deregulated energy market who acts as an intermediary between the energy suppliers and business energy consumers. After the gradual process of de-regulation within the industry in the nineties, people who were convinced they could make quick money at the expense of the genuine brokers jumped on the bandwagon and started commercial and business energy broker companies to sell cheap gas and electricity contracts to companies that were happy to pay the seemingly genuine low prices. But these people will never last long within the industry and many companiesnow have their own codes and practices to ensure they are working with the highest quality sub-broker. A business energy broker serving UK companies can still be a highly lucrative enterprise, but the expectation of integrity and expertise has never been higher.

Commercial energy broker services are designed to help save businesses time and money by searching the commercial gas and electricity energy marketplace to obtain the most competitive business energy prices from the best energy suppliers. From SME’s, to corporate sales, to commercial sales, a business broker has to wear a number of hats depending on the client, but their key role will always be the same – to procure the best independent service that they can.

What are SME’s and why are they important?

•SME stands for small and medium enterprises.

•They range from sole traders, freelancers and online marketing agencies to small industrial units.

•Energy efficiency and keeping overheads as low as possible is one of the biggest hurdles faced by SME’s, especially

 when they are first established.

•SME’s can also face a huge barrier if they are based in commercial sites rented from commercial landlords. This limits the power they have over the efficiency of their energy and what they can do about it in the long-term.

•In line with a Federation of Small Business (FSB) members survey conducted where 58% agreed that energy bills are difficult to understand and 70% found it difficult to compare tariffs, smaller companies are looking to business energy brokers for help with all aspects of procuring energy.

                              

The key point here, that the SME business model highlights perfectly, is that the role of a business gas and electricity brokers has developed and matured greatly over the last few years. They no longer stand as just the middle-man attempting to get the best rates; they now perform duties ranging from solving complex billing issues to helping customers with financial difficulties.To maintain the best business gas prices that are based on a company’s usage, negotiation requires expert industry knowledge and constant monitoring of energy suppliers and the factors driving gas prices. This is where a broker proves his worth and makes a convincing case against smaller companies approaching the big energy suppliers ill-equipped, on their own. Some brokers also offer a fully managed sales service for corporate energy brokers, from tender to completion.

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