Services

Eliminating the risk of overpayment
Only by regularly monitoring and testing pricing can overpayment be avoided. Through the provision of copy bills usually direct from suppliers, ESS will set up a parallel account control system which will highlight any anomalies. Any departure from contractual terms or a wildly overestimated account will be taken up with the supplier.

Identifying savings and refunds
An analysis of the existing payment regime will be undertaken to ensure that it is appropriate. Making like for like comparisons is not always as straightforward as it may seem with as many terms and conditions as there are suppliers. A headline unit rate may not be as attractive as it seems when other charges are included. Any refund or cost savings that can be identified will be reported in a simple summary without any technical jargon. The decision making process remains with the client.

Assisting with Budgeting
Detailed forecasting information is only a phone call away for any ESS client. We put the sum total of our market intelligence at your disposal to assist with forecasting.

Partnering each client for the long term.
At ESS, we measure our success by the fact that our clients remain in the programme year after year. In fact we are proud to be working with many of the clients who engaged us almost ten years ago. Initial savings are important but it is only by having a programme in place to monitor and report on cost and consumption that suppliers can be held to account and future saving opportunities identified.