Energy is your third-biggest cost. It's also the one you have the most room to reduce.
For most UK manufacturers, energy sits behind only labour and materials - and it's far more controllable than it looks. Recoverable overcharges, avoidable risk, sector-specific reliefs and contracts that can be bought better all add up. We help you find every one.
The energy challenges specific to manufacturing
High, continuous consumption and complex supply arrangements make manufacturing one of the hardest sectors to manage energy in - and one of the most rewarding to get right.
Volatile costs on huge volumes
When you consume at industrial scale, a small movement in unit price or a poorly-timed contract renewal translates into tens of thousands of pounds. The stakes on every procurement decision are simply higher than for most businesses.
Complex, error-prone billing
Half-hourly metering, capacity charges, settlement reconciliations and third-party costs make manufacturing invoices among the most complex in business - and the most likely to carry errors that go unnoticed for years.
Compliance that bites at your size
Most manufacturers comfortably exceed the thresholds for ESOS and SECR. The obligations are mandatory, deadline-driven, and carry financial penalties - yet they're often handled reactively rather than planned for.
Waste hidden in continuous processes
Plant that runs around the clock makes it hard to see where energy is being wasted - idle machinery, compressed air leaks, out-of-hours draw. Without proper monitoring, that waste just becomes part of the baseline.
The services that move the needle for your sector
Every manufacturer is different, but three services consistently deliver the strongest returns for the sector.
Energy Procurement
Independent, whole-of-market tendering timed to your contract dates and risk appetite. For high-volume sites, getting the buying strategy right is the single biggest lever on your energy cost.
Revenue Recovery
A forensic audit of your historic invoices, line by line. Complex manufacturing billing is exactly where overcharges hide - and we can recover up to six years of them on a no-win, no-fee basis.
Energy Site Audit
On-site analysis of where your consumption actually goes, identifying waste in continuous processes - idle plant, compressed air losses, out-of-hours draw - and the practical steps to remove it.
Savings that only apply to operations like yours
Industrial energy comes with reliefs and charges most general advisers never look at. These are the manufacturing-specific levers we check as standard.
Climate Change Agreements
Energy-intensive sectors can claim significant relief on the Climate Change Levy through a CCA, in return for meeting efficiency targets. Many eligible manufacturers simply never put one in place - or let an existing one lapse.
Available supply capacity reviews
A lot of sites pay standing charges for far more electrical capacity than they actually use. Reviewing and right-sizing your agreed capacity is one of the quickest savings to find on a half-hourly metered supply.
Peak-period charge avoidance
Network and policy charges are heavily weighted toward a handful of peak demand periods each year. For sites that can shift or trim load at the right moments, the savings on those charges are substantial.
Half-hourly data validation
Complex HH metering and settlement is where billing errors hide. We validate the data behind your invoices line by line, so you only ever pay for what you actually consumed.
If you employ 250+ people, ESOS and SECR almost certainly apply to you
The vast majority of UK manufacturers exceed the qualification thresholds. These are mandatory obligations with real deadlines and financial penalties for missing them - but handled properly, they're also an opportunity to find genuine efficiency savings.
We manage the whole process end to end, from data collection to submission, so it never becomes a fire drill for your team.
A clear path from first review to ongoing control
Review
We assess your current contracts, consumption and historic invoices to find where the opportunities are.
Recover
We audit past billing for errors and overcharges, recovering what you're owed on a no-win, no-fee basis.
Optimise
We build a procurement and consumption strategy around your production patterns and risk appetite.
Manage
We handle compliance and provide ongoing oversight through elexi, so control becomes business as usual.
Find out what your factory could be saving
Book a no-obligation manufacturing energy review. We'll look at your contracts, your historic billing and your consumption, and tell you exactly where the opportunities are - with no commitment.