Helping you control the
cost of being in business
For more information:
Telephone: 01565 755 600 Email: mail@beaconplus.co.uk
Typically, we can
save you 10-30% on
YOUR telecommunication and utility costs
We have been
established since 1998 and our client base covers several thousand sites in the UK
If you don't save money we guarantee not to charge you, you have
nothing to lose
Posted on 9th March, 2020
The UK’s leading share index is facing its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis after billions were wiped off the value of top shares. The dramatic drop follows global falls as a row between Russia and Saudi saw oil prices plunge by more than a fifth. Shares were already...
Posted on 3rd March, 2020
Nearly two thirds of UK homes fail to meet long-term energy efficiency targets, according to data analysed by the BBC. More than 12 million homes fall below the C grade on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) graded from A-G. It means householders spend more on energy bills and pump tonnes more...
Posted on 27th February, 2020
Ofcom is writing to broadband companies to ask why some people are having to pay to keep old email addresses. TalkTalk charges £5 a month and BT charges £7.50 a month if customers switch providers but want to keep using their email addresses as before. Virgin deletes those it gives...
Posted on 18th February, 2020
For one national chain of jewellers, the government’s business rates system is having a devastating effect on retail outside big cities and shopping malls. Andrew Hinds, a director at family-run firm F Hinds, says business rates place an unfair burden on shops and are leading to more store closures. “In...
Posted on 12th February, 2020
The energy supplier could end up having its licence revoked if it fails to comply. Ofgem has issued Outfox the Market with a provisional order, compelling the energy supplier to pay more than £600,000 for the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme by tomorrow. The FiT scheme was designed to promote...
Posted on 10th February, 2020
Apple has been fined 25 million euros (£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. The fine was imposed by France’s competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said consumers were not warned. In 2017, Apple confirmed that it did slow down some iPhones,...
Posted on 7th February, 2020
Energy bills are to fall for millions of British households this April after the regulator lowered price caps. Ofgem has reduced the default price cap and pre-payment meter cap by £17, which the regulator said would lower bills for about 15 million households. The cap was introduced to protect customers...
Posted on 6th February, 2020
The average household’s water and sewerage bill will drop by about £17 a year in England and Wales. Water UK, the industry trade body, said the average annual bill would fall by 4% to £396.60 from 1 April. Its chief executive, Christine McGourty, said the water industry was “committed to...
Posted on 4th February, 2020
Fifty per cent of the UK’s 10-year-olds owned a smartphone in 2019, according to a report by media regulator Ofcom. The amount of young phone owners doubled between the ages of nine and 10, which Ofcom dubbed “the age of digital independence”. In addition, 24% of 3 and 4-year-olds had...
Posted on 30th January, 2020
People and businesses could benefit from more reliable wifi, thanks to proposals set out by Ofcom. Ofcom manages the UK’s airwaves – or spectrum – a finite resource that is essential for wireless services including wifi. Wifi is increasingly used for the everyday activities that people and businesses depend on...
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