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The seventh article in a series of practical guides to business energy basics, focusing on the difference between business and domestic energy.

The sixth article in a series of practical guides to business energy basics, focusing on what affects prices.

The fifth article in a series of practical guides to business energy basics, focusing on what you're actually paying for.

Our July 2026 energy market updates, highlighting the issues affecting your energy bill this month.

The fourth article in a series of practical guides to business energy basics, focusing on how to read your energy bill.

The third article in a series of practical guides to business energy basics, focusing on fixed and flexible contracts.

The second article in a series of practical guides to business energy basics, focusing on suppliers, how to switch and finding the best option.

The first in a series of practical guides designed to help you understand your frozen food business energy bills and uncover ways to reduce costs.

Our June 2026 energy market updates, highlighting the issues affecting your energy bill this month.

Market News Energy markets continue to be dominated by escalating and unresolved geopolitical risk in the Middle East, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining the central structural concern. Price volatility has continued throughout April driven by on-off peace talks and political rhetoric. Currently, diplomatic progress has stalled but this can change quite quickly. However, market focus has shifted away from short term headlines toward the duration of disruption, infrastructure

Water can feel easy to leave in the background. The bill arrives, production carries on, and attention moves to the next pressure on the site. But for frozen food businesses, water supports much more than basic supply across a frozen food site. It sits behind cleaning, cooling, ice, steam, washdown, trade effluent, drainage, hygiene, reporting and day-to-day resilience. When something is wrong, it can affect more than one line on a bill. That was the focus of a recent BFFF En

Market News March 2026 was one of the most volatile months in recent energy market history. Following a relatively stable period in February supported by mild weather, strong renewable output, and healthy LNG supply, the outlook quickly evolved into severe geopolitically driven market shock. By early March, coordinated US–Israeli strikes on Iran, the killing of key Iranian leadership, and subsequent retaliatory attacks triggered a chain of events that resulted in around 20% o

Market News January 2026 was marked by elevated volatility across UK and European gas and power markets, which pushed prices to multi month highs, driven by a combination of colder‑than‑normal weather, tight storage levels, fluctuating Norwegian flows, and geopolitical uncertainty. While LNG supply remained generally robust, intermittent supply risks, particularly from US and rising Asian competition, added upward pressure. The UK carbon market spent most of the month at mult

Market News Gas and power markets continued to show a downward trend through December, with gas prices hitting multi-year lows as we entered the holiday period. Strong LNG arrivals, robust Norwegian flows, and mild weather kept the supply and demand picture comfortable. However, late December saw colder conditions and Norwegian outages which has added mild upward pressure. Despite this, major price spikes were avoided due to the healthy LNG deliveries reducing supply concerns

Market news UK gas and power markets experienced high volatility throughout November, moving from early stability to multi-week lows by month-end. Prices were influenced by mild weather, strong LNG supply, and geopolitical developments, particularly Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations. While early weeks saw upward price movements from colder forecasts and low wind output, later weeks tracked downward as mild conditions persisted, and LNG arrivals surged. Wholesale gas prices ar

If you run a cold store, blast freezer or frozen line, energy isn’t just another line on the P&L, it keeps product safe and shifts moving. Prices already feel relentless. Now, a change coming in April 2026 could push fixed electricity costs up again, even if your consumption stays steady. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has forecast that Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charges will rise sharply in April 2026 – a change that will flow directly into what c

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