FLEXIBLE PURCHASING
Are your Fixed Energy Prices becoming too high?
Advantage Flexible purchasing could be an alternative solution for you.
Unlike for households, there is no price cap on business energy. This means that suppliers can increase their out of contract rates by as much as they see necessary to cover their increased costs, creating a worrying scenario for businesses come contract renewal dates.
Our clients tell us frequently that they will have to make sacrifices elsewhere to be able to afford the new energy costs: personnel cuts, investment cuts and passing on increased costs to their customers. Energy costs are now defining business strategy and sadly, in some cases, the current energy climate jeopardises businesses’ very existence.
Advantage Flex is a leading-edge alternative to traditional fixed pricing which is now available to more organisations than ever before. Click on the video on the right to find out more.
Market Position
Post-pandemic, increases in energy costs are being felt across the spectrum of commercial energy consumers up and down the United Kingdom, at a time when they need it least.
On top of this, a resolution to the conflict in the Ukraine doesn’t seem to be on the cards. This is continuing to have a knock-on effect on the global prices for oil, gas and power.
The perfect combination of a wholesale market seen at a ten-year high in 2022, non-energy costs increasing once again, and suppliers becoming increasingly risk-averse in the current economic climate, means keeping energy prices down is more challenging than ever. Watch the video to learn more.
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How can we help?
Advantage Flex was successfully devised many years ago to enable our clients to access live wholesale markets and with the help of our team of expert analysts, utilise this resource to make a series of strategic purchases, as opposed to fixed agreements which involve putting all eggs in one basket in what would commonly be considered a high-risk strategy.
Having a more granular framework agreement not only enables a business to take advantage of any market drops but also negates the need for suppliers to factor in risk premiums and trading costs. As a result, it can, and often does mean lower prices can be achieved relative to fixed alternatives available at the onset of the agreement.
Who can benefit from Advantage Flex?
Leading energy buyers have been benefitting from Advantage Flex for many years now and we have the experience and expertise necessary to successfully execute effective trading strategies, including those which incorporate pre-agreed risk management strategies with the aim of ensuring that the wholesale market is fully exploited to yield the lowest price possible whilst retaining an element of budgetary certainty.
Clients can be hands-on and make the trading decisions themselves or simply leave it to our experts and we will report back on progress.
Green options and frameworks which involve the pass-through of non-energy costs are also available meaning businesses can still fulfil any carbon reduction or non-energy cost reduction ambitions they may have.
The volume of clients now enrolled in this procurement strategy means we can leverage our overall consumption to offer Advantage Flex to most UK businesses, many of whom wouldn’t previously be eligible for flexible purchasing procurement.
Our aim is to make the complex simple, eliminate the jargon and ensure that organisations fully benefit from this innovative alternative to fixed-price energy procurement. Get in touch here to speak to our team or find out more about fixed purchasing.
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