Npower celebrates 'Consumer Supplier of the Year' award win

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:57:29 GMT

npower is celebrating after being presented with 'The Consumer Supplier of the Year' award at the first ever Energy Event Awards. The award recognises the supplier that has excelled in providing industrial and commercial consumers with an outstanding service, product or innovation.

The awards are a new addition to the annual Energy Event, which took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 8-9th September 2010. The awards recognise and reward achievements in the energy industry, celebrating the suppliers and businesses that are bringing new ideas and innovations to how energy is used and managed.

The award was presented to David Cockshott, director of industrial and commercial markets at npower. He said: "It's brilliant that npower has been recognised as 'The Consumer Supplier of the Year'. We are particularly proud of the accolade because we were nominated by our own industrial and commercial business customers, and we'd like to thank them for their support."

David continued: "Offering our customers the best service is at the forefront of everything npower does and we strive to give businesses flexibility in how they buy their energy and to work in partnership with them to meet their energy needs.

"The judges also highlighted our Optimisation Desk as a key element of winning the award. This unique service allows our customers to access market developments, price analysis, trading information and updates and gives them a clear understanding of their position to help them to make more informed purchasing decisions."

The Energy Event is one of Europe's largest exhibitions and conferences and focuses solely on energy procurement, management and efficiency. This year it was attended by over 110 exhibitors, including npower, and provided the opportunity for attendees to visit suppliers, view the latest technologies and network with other people in the energy industry.

The Energy Event Awards were hosted at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel (NEC) on the evening of 8 September.

- Ends -

About npower:
npower is one of the top energy suppliers to the UK business market, serving over 238,000 small to medium sized enterprise sites and around 17,000 industrial and commercial customers, with over 100,000 sites

npower is dedicated to helping UK businesses use energy more efficiently and therefore spend less money on their bills. The company aims to have a positive impact on the communities it serves and reduce its customers' carbon footprint whilst always improving service to our customers.

npower supplies green energy to Wembley Stadium and the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.

npower specialises in risk management solutions, including market-leading flexible energy purchasing, energy efficiency, and broader energy management functions, tailored to every size of business.

npower is committed to helping its small business customers to improve their energy efficiency. Since 2006 the 'e3' campaign (standing for energy, efficiency, environment) has offered business customers advice and guidance on reducing energy consumption. New business customers receive an energy monitor designed to improve their consumption awareness as well as access to a dedicated energy efficiency telephone helpline and website.

For major energy users, npower offers multi-utility management consultancy to enable organisations to improve efficiencies right across the procurement/consumption chain.

npower customers include BT, AstraZeneca and Sainsbury’s.

npower braces for England vs Slovenia power surge

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:14:51 GMT

Npower is bracing itself for a huge surge in demand at 3pm on 23rd June, as thousands of businesses turn on TVs across the country to watch England take on Slovenia in the final crucial qualifying match in South Africa.

According to new research from npower, official supporter of the England 2018 FIFA World Cup Bid, 58% of businesses plan to let footie fans watch the big game, with over a third (39%) planning to screen the match at their places of work to boost morale.

Data from National Grid shows that England's last crucial match on a working day, against Brazil in the 2002 World Cup, created the second biggest TV pick-up of all time at 2,570MW, as the nation tuned into to see if England could beat the eventual winners.

To save energy while watching the game, npower is now urging businesses to turn off computers, copiers and other non-essential equipment to keep energy consumption to a minimum.

Office equipment is responsible for approximately 20% of energy use in most offices and half of this stems from PCs and monitors at a cost of £300 million per annum to businesses, according to the Carbon Trust. Switching equipment off for even just a few hours will stop energy waste and save money.

Kevin Peake, marketing director at npower, commented: "It is great that businesses are planning to get behind England and allow workers to tune in to the team's progress in South Africa. However, while energy consumption may not be the most obvious concern for bosses, just installing one extra appliance, such as a TV, and keeping it on for the duration of the working day, will have an impact.

"Our advice is that businesses should switch off computers, laptops, printers, photocopiers – basically anything that won't be used while England are playing - to encourage greater energy efficiency".

The research also showed that employees would appreciate their boss backing England, as they would work, on average, an extra 56 minutes to compensate for their boss allowing them to watch the match at work.

Kevin Peake concluded: "Clearly, bosses are aware that many employees would find some way to keep up-to-date with the game, so allowing them to watch it is a perfect excuse for some team bonding".

- ENDS-

Notes to Editors
npower conducted the research of 3000 UK workers during February 2010.

npower is dedicated to helping UK businesses use energy more efficiently and therefore spend less money on their bills. npower aims to have a positive impact on the communities it serves and reduce customers' carbon footprint whilst always improving its service to customers.

For major energy users, npower offers multi-utility management consultancy to enable organisations to improve efficiencies right across the procurement/consumption chain.

npower customers include BT, Wembley Stadium plc, AstraZeneca and Sainsbury's.

Top Articles Tagged with energy-suppliers

Npower celebrates 'Consumer Supplier of the Year' award win

npower braces for England vs Slovenia power surge