Gas & electricity for business

 How business electricity pricing works

Business electricity prices and plans are calculated and set up differently to domestic ones.

The first thing to remember is that you don't have to use the same supplier for both your business electricity and gas supply – although you may be able to use this to secure a better price.

Business electricity unit prices may be cheaper than domestic ones because of the amount of electricity used, but most business customers pay a higher rate of VAT.

Business electricity rates are based on your business size and electricity consumption. It may be calculated on a fixed or a variable rate tariff and will be based on a unit rate per kWh.

If you have a half-hourly meter, we'll give you a tailored price based on when and how you use electricity.

OFGEM offer useful information on their website  It's a helpful guide on how to talk to suppliers or third party intermediaries.

Why choose us as your next business energy supplier?

British Gas are the UK’s most trusted energy supplier and look after more businesses than any other provider. Your business matters to us regardless of your business type, size or location and we offer a range of prices and choice of terms designed to give you peace of mind.

• Quick access to our most competitive prices online - we offer a range of prices and contract lengths designed to give your business stability in these uncertain times
• We can offer dual fuel and single fuel prices, giving you the flexibility to compare each fuel quote separately and maximise your savings, visit our business electricity or gas pages for more information
• If your business spends over £300,000 on its business energy, then our highly skilled energy experts can help
• Our experience means that we can help if you have more complex needs such as prices for half hourly meters
• We offer fast and easy switching - there's usually little for you to do as we'll process your switch and contact your existing supplier
• Our online account management gives you access to your bills, allows you to pay your bills, view your consumption and submit a meter reading

About British Gas

British Gas Business is the UK’s leading energy supplier, supporting around 400,000 businesses with everything from gas and electricity to boiler maintenance, energy efficiency and renewable energy. We’re dedicated to the needs of our business customers. Whether it’s a small company looking for a great deal on their gas and electricity or a larger organisation seeking better ways to buy, use and generate energy - we provide the expertise and support that businesses need. 

Our Energy business powers the UKs homes and small businesses, with simple, affordable energy. Through our easy online access and tools, roll out of smart meters and range of green energy tariffs, we are helping our customers save time and energy, and enabling them to reach net zero.

Our Services business is here for those “what if” moments. Our HomeCare Boiler & Heating, Plumbing & Drains and Home Electrical Cover gives our customers the peace of mind that they have access to callouts from our trusted engineers and can avoided the unexpected costs of a breakdown.

Whether it’s installing a new heating system, EV charger, or Hive smart home technology, we provide a number of solutions to help our customers better manage their energy. 

Business Electricity & Gas from British Gas Business

UK owned and run British Gas Business (BGB) has a range of different business electricity and gas tariffs to suit businesses of any size.

British Gas Business is part of Centrica plc and along with its better known domestic arm, British Gas, is the largest supplier in the UK and has owned businesses as diverse as the One-Tel, the AA and Dyno-Rod as well as current charge PH Jones, the social housing specialist.

The British Gas Business Checklist

Offers a SWAP product (Single Weighted Average Price) enabling customers with more than 10 NHH sites and consuming more than 100,000 kWh per annum to pay a single unit and standing charge rate across all sites;

Will backdate rollover contracts where a new fixed contract is entered into with them in a timely manner;

Unlike many suppliers when they offer a fixed deal it includes the fixing of the third party charges such as metering, transmission and distribution for the duration of the contract;

Will only consider electricity customers with a credit score (Delphi) of more than 30 and for Gas a score of more than 41;

Will supply electricity and gas to premises of any size;

Offers inclusive smart meters for customers with profile 5-8 meters;

Have recently improved the clarity of their billing, which they believe is now market leading;

Offers full online account management;

Provides a personal account manager with one direct phone number to manage requires quickly and effectively;

Offers discount bundles to customers on products such as boiler servicing contracts;

Are focusing on environmental sustainability by investing more than £1.5 billion in renewables;

Security

British Gas Business’s latest contract termsClick on the following link to access BGB’s latest contract terms for business energy customers:BGB’s T&CsAre British Gas Business’s contracts fully fixed?British Gas Business operates a policy of fully fixing all elements of their fixed contracts; this includes all third party charges. This is a market leading position and means that when you agree a contract with British Gas Business you are safe in the knowledge that the price will remain at the level agreed throughout the contract.

British Gas Business however reserves the right to amend the terms of the contract in exceptional circumstances.These include:

• Where a change in law occurs affecting delivery of the contract.
• Where the customer fails to fulfil their obligations under the contract.
• Where gas customers fail to use the stated consumption under the terms of the contract.
• To find out more visit our Guide to Fixed Prices.

Back billing and British Gas Business

British Gas Business is signed up to the Energy UK Back Billing standards. BGB reduced the maximum period for which it can back bill a customer to two years in 2013.It is important to note however that this limit only applies if the customer is deemed to have done all that can be done to avoid the back billing in the first place and where the supplier or industry processes are clearly at fault.Like British Gas Business, many suppliers have voluntarily limited their back billing rights to two years and in some cases a single year.However equally a number of suppliers are not signed up to the Energy UK Back Billing standards and therefore, under the Limitations Act, are able to back bill their customers for anything up to 6 years.British Gas Business are therefore one of the stronger suppliers in this area.To find out more visit our Guide to Back billing.

Find A New Business Energy Supplier

British Gas provides corporate energy management services to businesses with an annual energy spend of over £100,000. In addition to fixed price contracts, they also offer a Full Flex option exclusively to corporate accounts.

This style of contract allows you to take advantage of changes in the wholesale energy market by giving you the autonomy to choose when you purchase your energy. To aid you in decision making, you will also have access to an optimisation desk that provides insight into buying strategy, your purchasing performance and energy market trends.

Switch to British Gas Business today

You needn’t worry about changing your business energy supplier, the switch is easy. We will compare British Gas Business against other energy providers’ prices across the market, to find the deal that’s right for you.

Even better, when your contract is due for renewal, we’ll get in touch to discuss a new deal to avoid you being stuck on costly tariffs.

Just simply give us a call or fill in our quote form and we’ll see how they compare, to help you save time and money.

If you’d like to learn more about the other suppliers we compare, you can find them here on our business energy supplier information page.