HENOC sector focus
Hospitality
Seasonal demand, thin margins, and a bill that never sleeps.
Hotels, pubs, restaurants and venues run heat, refrigeration, kitchen and lighting load across long trading hours, with demand that swings by season and by day of the week. Energy is often the third or fourth largest cost after staff, stock and rent — and one of the few that can be reduced without touching the guest experience. We buy for the trading pattern you actually have.
Typical supply
Non-half-hourly and HH electricity, plus significant gas for heat and kitchens
Load shape
Long trading hours, evening and weekend peaks, seasonal swings
Main cost drivers
Gas commodity, evening electricity peaks, standing charges across multiple small sites
What makes hospitality different
Multi-site, multi-renewal
Estates built by acquisition carry contracts with different suppliers and end dates, which removes any negotiating leverage.
Standing charges add up
Across a portfolio of smaller sites, daily standing charges can matter more than a fraction of a penny on the unit rate.
Change of tenancy
Sites taken on mid-lease often sit on deemed or out-of-contract rates for months — usually the most expensive rates in the market.
Gas-heavy cost base
Kitchens and hot water make gas exposure disproportionately important, so gas is often the bigger saving opportunity.
How we work with hospitality clients
Align the estate
We work renewals towards common end dates so the whole portfolio can be tendered as one volume.
Price the whole bill
Comparisons include standing charges and non-commodity costs, not just the unit rate on the front page.
Fast COT handling
New sites are moved off deemed rates quickly, with change-of-tenancy paperwork run through us.
Practical efficiency notes
Where HH data shows overnight base load that trading hours don't explain, we say so — no fee attached.
Common things we find
- Deemed or out-of-contract rates after taking on a new site
- Auto-renewal on a single site quietly breaking estate alignment
- Suppliers requiring security deposits on newer trading entities
Findings vary by client and site. Nothing here is a guarantee of saving — we quote against your own bills, and where we quote savings our clients average around 15%.
Want a real number against your current spend?
Send us a recent commercial energy bill. We come back within 24 hours with a plain-English audit — no sales pitch.
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