Consumers Slam Big Siz Suppliers - Utility Warehouse Comes out on Top!

Utility Warehouse Best Supplier - Which Magazine Oct 2008

• Billing - 4 Stars
• Customer Service - 5 Stars
• Telephone Support - 5 Stars
• Value for Money - 5 Stars

All the other Big '6' Suppliers a poor 2nd..

Energy firms condemned for 'abysmal' customer service

Customers slam energy suppliers' service standards

Consumers round on energy companies

Energy Providers Worst for Customer Satisfaction

Latest survey puts Npower at bottom of league table

Energy Firms Rank Poorly for Customer Service, Which? Says

Power firms 'worst for bad service'

Energy suppliers worst for customer satisfaction

Energy suppliers

If want to be with the UKs Best Utility Supplier call Juswant Rai right now on 07917 105134 or email him on juswant.rai@gmail.com

Dial M for Money

Juswant Rai is celebrating his first year with Telecom plus PLC, one that he feels has been highly successful.


“The secret to making money in this business is teamwork,” he says, “You help your team and your sponsor helps you.

“If you are rowing a boat you need two oars (customers and Distributors) and they must work at the same speed or you will go around in circles. You learn early on that this is a very simple business, and to only focus on those activities that work for you. Stuart, who introduced me into the business, has been a tremendous help and I do the same for people I introduce into my own team.

“At its most basic, the business revolves around something we all the time; recommend something we think is good to other people, like books, movies and restaurants.





“The company provides landline, mobile and broadband services plus gas and electricity at some of the lowest prices available.

“This morning I had six e-mails from people wanting to know about these money saving services because there had been a scare story about prices on the television. The media is doing my advertising for me.

“Because the services are used by just about everyone, finding customers who want to save money, particularly at the moment, is not difficult. The company is wonderfully supportive and offers superb training to help you build your customer base.”

Joining Telecom plus costs just £199.75, which includes a Starter Pack with everything you need to get going. This joining fee is fully refundable if you gather just 12 customers within your first 90 days. In addition you will receive full training at one of many locations around the UK.

When you gather a customer you will receive a one-off bonus, the amount of which is dependant on the service(s) they choose, along with an ongoing monthly commission, which is based on their usage, and which lasts for as long as they remain a customer. Every time they make a call, switch on a light or boil a kettle you get paid.

When I bring in a new team member I do all I can to make sure they are supported from day one and I am always available for them on the phone, via e-mail or in person.

“This is really building a long term, substantial, business,” says Juswant, “The business is very flexible and can be fitted around anyone’s schedule. You decide how you wish to work it. The more effort put in, the faster and greater the rewards come. What is so satisfying is seeing your income grow every month and the certainty that this trend will continue. I am looking for people to join the business.

“They don’t need any particular background but they do need to be prepared to follow the advice given and stick at it and see their income grow every month.

“There’s quite a market out there. The company has over 200,000 customers but there are 26 million households in Britain all of whom could be saving money.”
Juswant Rai is celebrating his first year with Telecom plus PLC, one that he feels has been highly successful.

“The secret to making money in this business is teamwork,” he says, “You help your team and your sponsor helps you.

“If you are rowing a boat you need two oars (customers and Distributors) and they must work at the same speed or you will go around in circles. You learn early on that this is a very simple business, and to only focus on those activities that work for you. Stuart, who introduced me into the business, has been a tremendous help and I do the same for people I introduce into my own team.

“At its most basic, the business revolves around something we all the time; recommend something we think is good to other people, like books, movies and restaurants.





















“The company provides landline, mobile and broadband services plus gas and electricity at some of the lowest prices available.

“This morning I had six e-mails from people wanting to know about these money saving services because there had been a scare story about prices on the television. The media is doing my advertising for me.

“Because the services are used by just about everyone, finding customers who want to save money, particularly at the moment, is not difficult. The company is wonderfully supportive and offers superb training to help you build your customer base.”

Joining Telecom plus costs just £199.75, which includes a Starter Pack with everything you need to get going. This joining fee is fully refundable if you gather just 12 customers within your first 90 days. In addition you will receive full training at one of many locations around the UK.

When you gather a customer you will receive a one-off bonus, the amount of which is dependant on the service(s) they choose, along with an ongoing monthly commission, which is based on their usage, and which lasts for as long as they remain a customer. Every time they make a call, switch on a light or boil a kettle you get paid.

When I bring in a new team member I do all I can to make sure they are supported from day one and I am always available for them on the phone, via e-mail or in person.

“This is really building a long term, substantial, business,” says Juswant, “The business is very flexible and can be fitted around anyone’s schedule. You decide how you wish to work it. The more effort put in, the faster and greater the rewards come. What is so satisfying is seeing your income grow every month and the certainty that this trend will continue. I am looking for people to join the business.

“They don’t need any particular background but they do need to be prepared to follow the advice given and stick at it and see their income grow every month.

“There’s quite a market out there. The company has over 200,000 customers but there are 26 million households in Britain all of whom could be saving money.”

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com


Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

More bosses 'planning job cuts'

Employers expect a gloomy time ahead in the jobs market, with a rise in redundancies accompanied by a downturn in recruitment, a survey suggests.

The survey of 1,200 bosses by KPMG and the Chartered Institute of Personal Development found just 29% plan to hire staff between July and September.

That was down on the figure of 37% recorded in the second quarter of 2008.

And the number of employers planning redundancies has increased from 22% to 27% over the same period.

The era of the candidate's recruitment market is already over, with people in work becoming increasingly anxious that their P45 might soon be on its way John Philpott CIPD

The slump in employment plans is "particularly worrying", the report said, because the third quarter is usually buoyant on the back of the wave of recruitment typically seen in September.

The UK economy has begun to slow markedly, but optimists had pointed to the high levels of employment for evidence of its relative strength.

However, employers have cut jobs in the face of rising energy costs, falling consumer confidence and a property slump.

The slowing economy has particularly taken its toll in the financial and property sectors, with home builders cutting thousands of jobs over the past few months.

"The jobs market has been one of the few bright spots in the UK economy, but cracks are appearing in the face of an increasingly uncertain economic outlook," said John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD).

"Even if we avoid the scale of jobs fallout suffered in previous downturns, the era of the candidate's recruitment market is already over, with people in work becoming increasingly anxious that their P45 might soon be on its way."

'Finance pressure'

KPMG's chief economist Andrew Smith said that with wages and staffing levels being one of the overheads that firms could control, the employment market was looking "less resilient".

"Companies are now reacting to deteriorating market conditions," he said.

"With sales slowing and input costs rising, but scope to raise prices limited by weakening demand, finances are under pressure."

The latest UK unemployment figures, for the three months to May, put the jobless rate at 5.2% - with 1.62 million people out of work.

The number claiming unemployment benefit rose by 15,500 in June to 840,100 - the biggest jump since December 1992.

There are worries that if more people lose their jobs, the number of people falling behind on mortgages will rise and that house repossessions, which leapt by 48% in the first half of 2008 will become more commonplace.

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com


Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

Rising prices hit poorest hardest!

A gas and electricity company is to buck the trend of rising energy prices
by offering cheaper bills to its poorest customers.
Ebico has announced it will offer the same savings to the less well off that companies like EDF offers to direct debit customers. This comes in response after a statement by Mr Wicks, the Health Minister, saying that many households are paying energy tariffs that are unjust and totally disproportionate.
The not-for-profit company which is committed to tackling fuel poverty will
offer its customers using prepayment meters the same savings.

An estimated 2.3 million homes have a gas prepayment meter and 3.5 million households use an electricity pre-pay meter who are far more likely to be on low incomes than customers using other payment types.* It looks as if something is finally be being done to stop this terrible injustice, said Phil Levermore, Managing Director of Ebico, Mr Wicks comment shows that the big six energy companies will have to lower their prices for households using prepayment meters. As for now, we cant stop energy prices rising, but we can offer prepayment metered customers a deal that gives them the sort of cost savings that, with all the other suppliers, youd have to set up a monthly Direct Debit to get.
*Energywatch. 2007 Energy Consumers Survey

Ends
Notes to Editor
For more information contact Ellie Tooze: 01993 225 061

1. Three and a half million households in the UK pay in advance for their electricity by using pre-payment meters. Over two million pay for gas in the same way. Pre-payment meters are disproportionately used by the less well-off with 35% of single parents pay in advance for their electricity as do 36% of unemployed persons. Energywatch figures show the average dual fuel direct debit customer pays £772 a year for gas and electric, while a prepayment customer pays £967 a difference of £195.
2. One in six British households is experiencing fuel poverty, the highest for almost a decade.
Each winter, fuel poverty is responsible for 20,000 to 50,000 premature deaths in the UK.
www.berr.gov.uk
An estimated 30% of lone pensioners are and 7% of older couples are living in fuel poverty. Energywatch Annual Report, 2007.
Energy efficiency of houses is measured by the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) which assesses insulation and heating, rating from 0 (poor) to 100 (good). A rating above 60 indicates good efficiency standard. The average rate is 51.4, and 82% of households living in fuel poverty live in housing with an SAP under 50. Fuel Poverty and Elderly Report
Prepayment customers have lower incomes than others; 40% were in the two lowest deciles in England in 2005/6 compared with 20% of all customers and less than 5%were in the top 2 deciles. In 2006 19% of those paying for both fuels by prepayment were fuel poor compared with 6% for direct debit customers an incidence of fuel poverty more than 3 times as high amongst prepayment compared with direct debit. The incidence of fuel poverty amongst standard credit customers is also fairly high. FPAG, 2007

3. Ebico Ltd is a not for profit company limited by guarantee and committed to those on low incomes. Ebico, the only not-for-profit domestic energy company in the UK, has been making a real difference to low income households for nine years now. They launched their first product, EquiGas, back in 1999. EquiGas was an innovative domestic gas tariff that delivered lower prices to pre-payment meter (ppm) and payment-plan customers predominantly lower income households by enabling customers who paid by Direct Debit to share the savings related to their chosen payment method. Based on the huge success of EquiGas, Ebico then launched EquiPower in 2002 to challenge exactly the same issues in the domestic electricity supply market. EquiGas and EquiPower are the fairest domestic gas and electricity tariffs in the UK and are competitively priced so that, irrespective of how they pay their bills, many customers can cut their energy bills by switching to Ebico. Thirty thousand UK households have now switched to Ebicos fairer tariffs.

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com


Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

Families have £155 a month less to spend

By Harry Wallop Consumer Affairs Correspondent

DISPOSABLE incomes have fallen to their lowest for five years as household costs soar, a report claimed yesterday.

Wages have failed to keep pace with spiralling petrol, gas and electricity bills and taxes, leaving the average family with £155 less to spend at the end of each month compared with 2004.

The study by Ernst & Young, one of the country’s largest accountancy firms, calculates that the average family, with two children, has £755.52 left at the end of each month after paying essential bills. With this they have to buy food, drink, clothes, holidays and pay any school fees.

Monthly disposable income has fallen from £909.84 five years ago and from £821.69 last year, equating to a total fall of 15 per cent. The accountancy firm admits that the fall in “discretionary spend” would have been more dramatic if it had included food prices, which have risen significantly, in its collection of fixed household bills. Jason Gordon, the director of retail at Ernst & Young, said: “All consumers are painfully aware of the huge hikes in petrol and utility bills but we’ve also seen some fairly hefty price increases in pension contributions and debt repayments.

“If we go one step further and factor in food price inflation, which official figures have placed at 8.7 per cent in the last year, it’s clear that household budgets are under enormous strain. Add in the impact of falling house prices on the consumer’s propensity to spend, and the consumer economy is undoubtedly on a knife-edge.”

The figures come a day after the new deputy governor of the Bank of England, Charlie Bean, warned that living standards would continue to fall for the next year because of high oil prices.

Leading retailers, most notably Marks & Spencer, say that they have noticed a sharp and sudden deterioration in consumers’ spending power, which is likely to cause serious problems on the high street over the coming months. The Ernst & Young study says that although an average family’s income has increased over the past year by 3.7 per cent to £3,784 a month, this has not kept pace with the 9.6 per cent increase in fixed household bills, such as the costs of running a car, mortgage, pension contributions, utility bills and council tax.

Mr Gordon said: “Worryingly, though, the worst could be yet to come.

“If, as predicted, utility prices rise by as much as 40 per cent later this year and interest rates are increased to control rising inflation, consumers and consumer facing businesses will face even bleaker times.

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com


Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

energywatch statement on threat of more price hikes!

Allan Asher, energywatch Chief Executive, said: "There is no shortage of gas, yet consumers are being bombarded with dire predictions of huge price rises.

"There is a simple choice for Government and regulators. Meekly accept that ever-increasing gas prices are inevitable or challenge the market to provide information on every aspect from production levels to actual commodity trades to retail prices and profits.

“If it’s not about supply and demand, it's something else and we need to know what that something else is.

"Next week MPs from the BERR Select Committee will hear evidence of what's wrong in the energy market.

"energywatch will say that the structure of the GB markets does not promote effective competition, that there are too many no-go areas when it comes to information disclosure and that the exposure to the European energy markets punishes GB consumers with high prices.

"Ofgem, the FSA, the European Commission and others all have jurisdiction over different aspects of these markets. There is an urgent need to set out and co-ordinate the approach and priorities for enquiry. It may well be that the most effective vehicle will be through the Competition Commission.

"Higher energy prices will be catastrophic for the 4.5million fuel poor and those households on the brink of fuel poverty. At the same time that we examine the market, we must be raising the level of support available to the most affected households.”

Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com

Another major target achieved

Morning,
Off to Exeter with Gary Whittaker this morning and as always every one of you will have finished yesterday , reflected and admitted to yourself ' I am proud of what I achieved today I couldn't have done anymore!!!!!
Tuesday the 20th of May and the group has reached 18029. Wow fantastic and after just 6 years and 10 months its now really starting to motor.
Compare that to sixteen years in the Police and going nowhere fast.
It's your business guys. I am not unique. I believe in every single one of you and your team members.
What do I believe ? What excites me.
I believe ALL of you joined a business that if you work hard, smart and never moan , whinge or doubt yourself ! You can all give yourselves and your families a massive residual IMPACT on many lives.
Let's really get this monster motoring .
Have a terrific Tuesday and make the effort to get at least one guest to a Cop Tonight.
Regards
Jimmy Chapman.

Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com

House sales set to plummet by 'up to 40 per cent', warn experts

Sales of houses could collapse by 40 per cent this year, according to a study published today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Such a fall would threaten a wider recession as furniture and carpet stores and firms selling fridges, washing machines and other household products all suffer the knock-on effects.

Others to feel the pain would include estate agents, where thousands are already being made redundant, and solicitors specialising in conveyancing.

RICS warned that the number of home sales could plunge by around 400,000 to approximately 600,000 and said the second half of the year would be a "difficult period for the housing market".

The fall-out from the credit crunch means banks have withdrawn thousands of mortgage deals, tightened lending rules and pushed up interest rates, creating a home loan drought.

Analysis by Mortgage Monitor has found that the number of mortgage deals available has fallen by 56 per cent over the last six months to just 16,000.

Housing minister Caroline Flint last week unwittingly revealed that house prices this year are expected to fall by 5 to 10 per cent "at best".

Read more...

• Middle class debt epidemic: Huge rise in professional families hitting financial trouble

Some analysts have warned of falls of 20 per cent.

But first time buyers, who might see that as good news, will struggle to find a loan.

RICS chief economist Simon Rubinsohn said: "Money looks set to remain tight and many will continue to find that access to the market is restricted by cautious lenders."

He added: "It is very worrying that property transactions could fall by as much as 40 per cent this year.

"This could have important ramifications for the wider economy."

More than 1.4million home buyers coming off cheap, fixed rate or tracker mortgages this year face a "payment shock" or moving to much more expensive loans.

RICS believes thousands will be unable to cope and home repossessions will hit 43,000 this year, up from 27,000 in 2007.

Despite the turmoil, the RICS predicts house prices will fall by an average of 5 per cent across the country this year.

But property website Rightmove today reports average asking prices rising in the past month, apparently because sellers refuse to accept the market is falling.

It found asking prices at an all-time high of £242,500 in May, up 1.2 per cent in a month. Rightmove's Miles Shipside, said: "New sellers can see the storm clouds overhead but seem to believe it is only raining on other people."

He warned: "Sellers who are hanging on to achieve last year's prices need to accept that the market has fallen and they will end up being punished by a lower price in the long run."

It is believed the figures were skewed by a flood of expensive properties in the South of England on to the market.

Asking prices were down in many other areas. The North-West saw the largest annual decrease of 2.5 per cent, while Yorkshire and Humberside, the North, Wales, the East Midlands and East Anglia suffered smaller falls.

Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com

Soaring bills leave families with just £50 a week

By Harry Wallop Consumer Affairs Correspondent
----------------

THE rising cost of living has left the average family with less than £50 to spend each week on anything other than essential household bills.


The average household with a home and car has £2,427 a year to spend on child care, clothes, holidays, household repairs, credit card interest, telephone calls, medicines, alcohol and eating out.


This equates to £46.67 a week after bills, taxes and the mortgage have been paid. Statistics show that costs have soared over the past year at a far faster rate than wages, leaving most families unable to afford many key items.


The Daily Telegraph has analysed household costs, including food, utilities and insurance bills, for a family with two children, a £150,000 mortgage and a car. Costs for this typical family total £24,665 a year as a result of significant increases in gas and electricity bills, record petrol prices and rising food prices. This compares with an official estimate of the net average household income, which totals £27,092, after benefits have been received and taxes paid.


This is taken from the Office for National Statistics’ family spending survey 2007, published last month. It includes sources of income from all members of a household, including wages, investments, benefits and tax credits, minus taxes and nation


Call Juswant on 07917 105134 or email on juswant.rai@gmail.com if you are interested right now in taking control of your future....

Watch the video first, follow this link:-
http://www.extrapaynow.com

Great News for Letting Agents - Save Time, Save Money for Tenants & Make Money

Sorting out utility bills can cause havoc. What if there were a Quality Solution that benefitted your Letting Agency, your Landlords, and your Tenants?


Does your time get wasted in non -productive activities when sorting out the utility bills and energy suppliers for each tenancy?



Is it frustrating contacting energy suppliers, being put on hold for extended periods of time and bills still not getting sorted out?

Recognise this?

• Dealing with up to 15 different energy suppliers, some with poor administration and accountability?
• Confusion caused with losing track of current suppliers during changes in tenancies?

Would it help you if:

• You could work from one Itemised Bill for all utilities (gas, electricity, phone and internet?)
• You only had to phone just one Utility Company with one phone call to complete a tenancy change-over?
• Your calls were answered rapidly, by a UK-based company, within a UK-based call centre that answers over 95% of customer calls within 15 seconds?

Welcome to The Utility Warehouse solution that puts the Smile back on your face!

Letting Agents Benefits

• Significant Administration Improvements,

• Unique billing system that provides customers with a single, fully-itemised bill covering all their services,
• One, UK-based call centre to contact,
• Over 95% of customer calls answered within 15 seconds,
• Free help line to The Utility Warehouse Energy and Telephony Teams,
• Same UK Company for cheaper phone installations,
• Up-front revenue stream for each property transferred to Utility Warehouse,
• Additional residual income on every tenants’ direct debit paid,
• Simple Home Movers’ Pack,
• Continuous revenue for that property on switch-over to new tenants,
• On-going revenue from old tenants moved into their new property.

Tenants Benefits

• High quality service for the supply of all their utilities,
• No minimum contract period,
• Guaranteed Savings on gas, electricity, phones, mobile phones and Internet/Broadband,
• Guaranteed savings always against British Gas for gas, and regional supplier for electricity,
• The “Complete Peace Of Mind Guarantee”: The Utility Warehouse will always remain competitive compared with the cheapest standard tariffs available from the "Big 6" suppliers. (The Utility Warehouse has consistently supplied its customers with the cheapest domestic energy for almost 5 years in the UK.)

Landlords Benefits

• One Best-Value Supplier for all their properties’ utilities,
• The Utility Warehouse will chase bad debts,
• Key Meters can be taken over.

Call Juswant Rai on 07917 105134 NOW for more information!