There is no cost or obligation to obtain a price comparison or ask for some advice from Utility Helpline. However, by agreeing a contract via our service, you are accepting that your chosen supplier may then pay Utility Helpline a fee or commission for the introduction & managing the transfer process. Depending on the supplier, the current industrywide mechanism used for remuneration from suppliers to energy brokers/consultants is an “introduction fee”, which may be included in the price we offer by way of an uplift within your unit cost for energy.
By way of an example, we may secure a price for 11.5p/kwh and then add 0.3 p/kwh. This would then make the price 11.8 p/kwh. The uplift does depend on your energy usage and spend, length of contract, credit risk etc and we keep it below the industry average. It is only a very small percentage of your total energy spend.
Example: a client using 10,000 kwh would spend £1180 on energy per annum based on the example above. We would therefore receive £30 commission. This commission allows us to continue to offer our services.
We operate a strict policy to recommend suppliers based on price, service and suitability to our client’s needs. We work with a select panel of the UK’s leading business energy suppliers. This gives us access to over 95% of the market’s business energy suppliers’ prices (as 5th March 2019), which allows us to be highly competitive and offer a full range of services to suit any business’s needs.
At Utility Helpline, we believe in giving our customers a first class personal service. If however, there’s an issue you need to bring to our attention or you would like to make a complaint, please let us know by following the steps below.
Complaints can be made over the phone or by email or letter. We’ll always do our best to sort your problem out straight away (within 24 hours).
If we need more time, we’ll give you a reference number and contact you as soon as we’ve sorted out your issue.
If we haven’t resolved your complaint within 5 working days, we’ll contact you to explain why and keep in touch until it’s resolved.
In the unlikely event you not happy with our final decision we can guide you to access any relevant ombudsmen services.