Aimee Carter, Housing Officer, Flagship Homes. During 2018 Energy Angels helped the Flagship Group, who deal with more than 28,000 homes across 22 local authorities in the East of England, save over £50,000 by reducing tenant energy...
The announcement that Our Power has ceased to trade (full story here) will not have only impacted its 38,000 energy customers, it will also have left all of its Housing Association partners without a voids service. Leigh...
Energy Angels attended the Chartered Institute of Housing Exhibition on 26-28 June 2018 for the third year running. The entire event proved to be a major success in bringing together the most diverse audience of sector professionals...
What a year it has been and we aren’t finished yet! 2018 has been a very busy year for Energy Angels. We invested heavily during 2017 to raise awareness of our brand and services and we have to attract increased interest from...
Firstly thanks for taking the time to read this. Here’s a little intro as to why I took up a 90 day no drinking challenge from Jan 1st 2018 to March 31st 2018 (I actually started on Dec 31st 2017 – go me!). It’s all...
Want to see the Ofgem video? If you want to see the Ofgem video which explains what we have wrote about in this blog, click play below. Ofgem recently released a video that helps explain the ‘safeguard tariff’, who it applies to, how...
We are consistently informed by various sources that switching our energy supplier could save us money. But have you ever thought about switching your energy supplier but weren’t sure how? Or what information you need? Well we at...
As is tradition as one year comes to an end and another begins, I took some time to reflect on the events, successes and lessons of 2017. On a personal and professional level it has been a great year and as an organisation Energy...
Warmth initiative group, Cosy Homes in Lancashire (CHiL) , have teamed up with Energy Angels, a specialist energy services provider, as part of a partnership aimed to help abolish Lancashire fuel poverty and high energy bills. A...
We are reminded regularly by numerous ads on the TV, radio and in newspapers that we could save money on our home’s energy bills by switching provider. So really, we should do it. It’s a no-brainer. Yet, for the most part, we don’t. We...
June gave us the opportunity to exhibit at CIH Housing 2017 in Manchester. This was our second year at the conference and records show footfall increased significantly. We all agreed the stand was striking and we were pleased to...
The life cycle of a void property impacts multiple departments within any housing provider as well as the end user, the tenant. When you think about the impact on time and resource of 1) The voids team, 2) The DLO or maintenance...
This week I have had cause to look at tariff rates with even great scrutiny than usual and I have looked at many. Throughout the week energy suppliers have been removing out of date tariffs and replacing them with new ones as is usual...
So, we find ourselves facing an unexpected ‘snap’ general election Over the coming weeks I intend to look at the manifesto’s of the main parties (lucky me!) to see what they propose in relation to energy policy and find more about the...
What is Void Energy Management? Social Landlords use void energy management to ensure energy supplies are restored on day one of the void period. A complete void energy management service will reduce, and sometimes completely...
The UK’s largest infrastructure project in our lifetime is underway. The Smart meter roll out is an ambitious programme to replace all 53 million UK household and small business Electricity and Gas meters by 2020. Over 5 million Smart...
There has been a lot of change in the domestic energy market recently, but I have to say I find myself asking, “For whose best interest have these changes been made?” The UK’s domestic energy market is competitive, there is a wide...
The music has stopped, the results are in, how did they land? Last year the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) completed their two year investigation into the UK domestic energy market amongst the remedies suggested. The CMA...
As you might imagine I like to ensure I pay as little for my own Electricity (I don’t have a Gas supply) as I can. I like to keep a close eye on available tariffs for advising others and as I would advise everyone to switch suppliers...
This week sees SSE become the latest ‘Big Six’ supplier to announce double digit price increases http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39253699 they follow Npower on the 3rd of Feb http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38852517 Scottish...
Over the years I have completed countless price comparisons on the domestic energy markets. I have done them for myself, family, friends, customer and clients alike. Having seen the trend in results over the past 5 years, I know the...
Have you heard of the 49 day rule? I saw this article in the news this week and I was both surprised and disappointed. Surprised to hear that behaviour like this is still occurring and that some of the largest energy suppliers in the...
2017 Sees the launch of Ofgem’s guide to Standard Variable Tariffs (SVT’s). SVT’s are the default energy tariffs which new movers are automatically placed on. Although ‘standard’ sounds fine, almost average even, nothing could be...
Housing Innovations Awards Wednesday February 8th 2017 – The Grand Connaught Rooms, London. As one of the events main sponsors Energy Angels proudly awarded Stockport Homes the prize for ‘Most Innovative Housing Provider’ for the large...
Ofgem have announced the details of the Prepayment meter price caps which come into effect on April 1st 2017. The announcement outlines a process which will see a revision of prices twice a year in April and October. Exact details of...
In light of the recent news regarding GB Energy going bust, it really hit home that many UK Housing Associations and Residential Social Landlords appear to be putting all their eggs into one basket when choosing their void energy...
News has broken this weekend that GB Energy has ceased trading with immediate effect, blaming increasing wholesale energy prices as the reason for the business failure. Some 160,000 households will be affected by this, although...
I’ve done my best to write this without any bias toward our company, there are a number of services in the UK, including ourselves who can provide a 100% voids solution. This article is to share some unknown facts about the...
After a long and enjoyable CIH Housing 2016 conference I thought I’d kick off with some information about the show and our involvement. Over the years we’ve been very lucky to win clients via word of mouth and so this is...
Unless you’ve been under a rock for a while, you’ll know that the UK has exercised it’s right to leave the E.U. Without picking sides, we must now respect the decision and appreciate that this is what most of the UK...
One thing to come from the recent report by the CMA on the energy market is that consumers seem to be so disengaged with their energy supply. Around 70% of the big 6 customers are still on standard tariffs. Most likely from when they...
So it’s done, we’re on our way out of the EU, barring any unforeseen issues. Whatever side of the fence you’re on, we thought it might be useful to give you some information on how Brexit may impact energy. Remember,...
The Competition and Markets Authority has completed it’s 2 year probe into the energy industry and here is the complete report....
Whilst we do very serious work here at Money Angels, we like to keep things light hearted. Meet our new mascot, Fred. He sometimes covers for Anthony in the Ops team when he goes on holiday. This fiesty little Jack Russell belongs to...
