Energyhelpline
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energyhelpline.com is an independent
and accredited energy switching
and price comparison service
which provides consumers and businesses with impartial, comprehensive advice on energy tariffs. Every year energyhelpline.com switch in excess of 100,000 consumers. These services and follow-on customer care are offered online and via a call centre
operation.
The company also provides a business energy service.
energyhelpline is one of a group of web properties owned by Fundraising Innovations Ltd, which also includes moneyhelpline
- comparing mortgages, loans, credit cards, life insurance
, bank accounts, home insurance
and car insurance, greenhelpline - comparing green energy solutions, and firsthelpline - comparing broadband
and home phone
services.
Over £100,000 has been donated to charities through switchandgive.com.
In 2006 energyhelpline worked in partnership with a climate change
group to arrange for all the then Conservative
shadow cabinet
members to switch their home energy supplies to a renewable energy
supplier.
and works closely with several money and energy advice websites, providing statistics
and powering their energy comparison tools.
The company works with Jasmine Birtles
at moneymagpie, The Daily Mail
Group, and The Guardian
, amongst others.
energyhelpline also works with affiliates to promote its services, rewarding them for successful conversions with commission
.
Independent business
In business, an independent business as a term of distinction generally refers to privately owned companies . Independent businesses most commonly take the form of sole-proprietorships...
and accredited energy switching
Energy switching services in the UK
Energy switching services are a kind of company that has come to exist since the EU began deregulating the gas and electricity markets, to open them to international competition, in 1996. Progress has been uneven across member countries, but in the UK there is now open competition among suppliers...
and price comparison service
Price comparison service
On the internet, a price comparison service allows individuals to see different lists of prices for specific products. Most price comparison services do not sell products themselves, but source prices from retailers from whom users can buy...
which provides consumers and businesses with impartial, comprehensive advice on energy tariffs. Every year energyhelpline.com switch in excess of 100,000 consumers. These services and follow-on customer care are offered online and via a call centre
Call centre
A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. A call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outgoing calls for telemarketing,...
operation.
The company also provides a business energy service.
Business model
energyhelpline makes profit from charging energy suppliers a fee for each customer who switches to them through energyhelpline, making the service free to the consumer.Company history
The company was founded in 2002 as Fundraising Innovations Ltd trading as switchandgive.com.energyhelpline is one of a group of web properties owned by Fundraising Innovations Ltd, which also includes moneyhelpline
Moneyhelpline
Moneyhelpline.com is an independent price comparison service which provides consumers with free, impartial advice on a variety of financial products including credit cards, mortgages, loans and a range of insurance types.- Business model :...
- comparing mortgages, loans, credit cards, life insurance
Life insurance
Life insurance is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of the insured person. Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical illness may also trigger...
, bank accounts, home insurance
Home insurance
Home insurance, also commonly called hazard insurance or homeowner's insurance , is the type of property insurance that covers private homes...
and car insurance, greenhelpline - comparing green energy solutions, and firsthelpline - comparing broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
and home phone
Phone
Within phonetics, a phone is:* a speech sound or gesture considered a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language* a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties...
services.
Over £100,000 has been donated to charities through switchandgive.com.
In 2006 energyhelpline worked in partnership with a climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
group to arrange for all the then Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
shadow cabinet
Shadow Cabinet
The Shadow Cabinet is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the government...
members to switch their home energy supplies to a renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
supplier.
Partners and affiliates
energyhelpline has relationships with all major suppliers in the energy industryEnergy industry
The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution...
and works closely with several money and energy advice websites, providing statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
and powering their energy comparison tools.
The company works with Jasmine Birtles
Jasmine Birtles
Jasmine Birtles is a financial and business commentator, journalist, TV presenter and radio presenter, author and humourist.Her consumer website Moneymagpie.com contains information on all aspects of making and saving money. She regularly appears on various TV and radio programmes, including GMTV,...
at moneymagpie, The Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
Group, and The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, amongst others.
energyhelpline also works with affiliates to promote its services, rewarding them for successful conversions with commission
Commission (remuneration)
The payment of commission as remuneration for services rendered or products sold is a common way to reward sales people. Payments often will be calculated on the basis of a percentage of the goods sold...
.
See also
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- BeatThatQuote.comBeatThatQuote.comBeatThatQuote.com is a British price comparison site specialising in personal finance products.-History:BeatThatQuote.com was launched by John Paleomylites in February 2005 based in London's Kentish Town., by 2006 it was awarded the 'young company of the year' by the CBI/Real Business Growing...
- Gocompare.comGocompare.comGocompare.com is a British financial services comparison website. The website enables people to compare prices on a variety of financial products, such as car insurance, home insurance, pet insurance, travel insurance, motorbike insurance, van insurance, mortgages and...
- uSwitchUSwitchuSwitch.com is a UK-based price comparison and switching website started in 2000. The site allows consumers to compare prices for a range of energy, personal finance, insurance and communications services...