Borrow £3,000 to £400,000 at 0% interest
Is your old equipment making your business uncompetitive? Or is it simply costing a fortune in energy bills? Our interest free loans give you the opportunity to both modernise your business and reduce overheads, with your loan repayments comfortably covered by your estimated energy savings.
Not just for SMEs
The maximum loan limit available to borrow has now been doubled to £400,000. And while loans used to be available only to SMEs, they’re now also available to larger companies that don’t fall under the Carbon Reduction Commitment – this typically equates to those that spend less than £500,000 a year on electricity.
The unsecured loan that can pay for itself
Our 0% business loans are unsecured and interest free, with no arrangement fees and a straightforward application process. Loans can be repaid over a period of up to four years and as the scheme is designed for energy savings to cover repayments, the loan will effectively pay for itself.
Find out more: http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/energy/takingaction/about-loans.htm
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Showing posts with label energy saving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy saving. Show all posts
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Monday, 3 August 2009
Businesses can use U-Switch to save on energy prices
The price comparison and switching site uSwitch.com has launched a service to help Britain's estimated 4.7 million small businesses obtain a better deal on energy. The move is in response to growing numbers of calls from SMEs keen to cut costs because of the recession. It is claimed the service – www.uswitchforbusiness.com – could help SMEs save up to 50 per cent on energy bills.
Businesses can go online or call 0800 051 5343 to get information and a quotation on the best deal for their needs. Just as with households, estimates are based on the company's energy consumption and are given after comparing the latest tariffs provided by a range of energy suppliers and selecting the most competitive rates.
The average SME electricity bill is just over £2,500 per year, while the average gas bill is just over £3,200. Although many owners run their business from home, about 3 million SMEs have stand-alone business premises and may be locked into a contract with a supplier. These contracts come up for regular renewal, but only a third of SMEs check the market before signing their next contract. As a result, they often end up paying too much for their energy.
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Businesses can go online or call 0800 051 5343 to get information and a quotation on the best deal for their needs. Just as with households, estimates are based on the company's energy consumption and are given after comparing the latest tariffs provided by a range of energy suppliers and selecting the most competitive rates.
The average SME electricity bill is just over £2,500 per year, while the average gas bill is just over £3,200. Although many owners run their business from home, about 3 million SMEs have stand-alone business premises and may be locked into a contract with a supplier. These contracts come up for regular renewal, but only a third of SMEs check the market before signing their next contract. As a result, they often end up paying too much for their energy.
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Wednesday, 8 April 2009
UK businesses wasting £300m powering idle PCs
A new report published today claims that British businesses are wasting £300m a year powering idle computers.
However, the survey of more than 6,000 UK, German and US adults, most of whom use PCs to do their jobs, found that the UK actually emerged ahead in terms of environmentally friendly PC power management.
Some 78 per cent of UK workers use a PC to carry out their jobs, and the country has the largest proportion of workers (27 per cent) who cited environmental concerns in switching off PCs and/or monitors when away from their desks for long periods.
By contrast, 18 per cent of German respondents said that they turn off their PCs to cut electricity bills, and 21 per cent of US workers did so to comply with company policy and make sure their PCs worked properly.
Despite these good intentions, 63 per cent and 67 per cent respectively of UK and US employees believe that their employers should be doing more to reduce power consumption.
The report calculated that, if the 17 million workers in the UK who regularly use a computer turned it off at night, carbon emissions would be reduced by 1.3 million metric tonnes, or the equivalent of removing 243,440 cars from the road.
The annual PC Energy Report was sponsored by PC power management vendor 1E in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy.
Sumir Karayi, 1E chief executive, said that awareness of the impact of idle PCs on the environment and IT budgets is growing, but that much more could be done.
"Around 50 per cent of the respondents questioned in 2007 powered down their PCs at work overnight, during the weekend and when away from their desks for long periods of time during the day, even it was just switching off their monitor," he said.
But this figure had only risen to 60 per cent in the latest report, which belied the fact that many solutions had been developed to manage PC power more efficiently and intelligently from a central point.
Source: http://www.vnunet.com
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However, the survey of more than 6,000 UK, German and US adults, most of whom use PCs to do their jobs, found that the UK actually emerged ahead in terms of environmentally friendly PC power management.
Some 78 per cent of UK workers use a PC to carry out their jobs, and the country has the largest proportion of workers (27 per cent) who cited environmental concerns in switching off PCs and/or monitors when away from their desks for long periods.
By contrast, 18 per cent of German respondents said that they turn off their PCs to cut electricity bills, and 21 per cent of US workers did so to comply with company policy and make sure their PCs worked properly.
Despite these good intentions, 63 per cent and 67 per cent respectively of UK and US employees believe that their employers should be doing more to reduce power consumption.
The report calculated that, if the 17 million workers in the UK who regularly use a computer turned it off at night, carbon emissions would be reduced by 1.3 million metric tonnes, or the equivalent of removing 243,440 cars from the road.
The annual PC Energy Report was sponsored by PC power management vendor 1E in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy.
Sumir Karayi, 1E chief executive, said that awareness of the impact of idle PCs on the environment and IT budgets is growing, but that much more could be done.
"Around 50 per cent of the respondents questioned in 2007 powered down their PCs at work overnight, during the weekend and when away from their desks for long periods of time during the day, even it was just switching off their monitor," he said.
But this figure had only risen to 60 per cent in the latest report, which belied the fact that many solutions had been developed to manage PC power more efficiently and intelligently from a central point.
Source: http://www.vnunet.com
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