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Reasons to get a smart meter for your small business

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Need help managing your energy bills? Ask your energy supplier if you are eligible for a 

The last year has been incredibly challenging for many small businesses and start-ups across Great Britain, but for some of you, those challenges have provided the time and opportunity to launch your dream. 

Whether you’re a brand new start-up, or one that’s been around a little while, the last year has undoubtedly been used to reflect on your financial situation and explore ways to save money and maintain a healthier bottom line. 

The good news is that getting a smart meter for your business is a small change that could make a big difference. 

Smart meters are the next generation of gas and electricity meters. They automatically send your energy provider accurate and regular updates on how much gas & electricity your business uses, with the goal of giving you better control over your energy use. 

Your energy supplier may offer you an in-home display (IHD) that shows exactly how much energy you’re using in pounds and pence, in near-real time. Which could help you find ways to reduce energy waste and save money.

On top of that, smart meters could help you save time. They automatically send meter readings to your supplier, so you no longer have to. That’s one less thing on your to-do list so you can focus on everything else! 

Contact your energy supplier about eligibility for your business or 

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Smart meters are a small change that can make a big difference.

I'm a freelance content creator and event host who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I'm also Enterprise Nation's Local Leader for Bristol.
I have 19 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from billionaires like Sir Richard Branson to the founders behind brand new start-ups.
I've worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company's blog and social media. I now freelance for Enterprise Nation including hosting the Small Business sessions podcast.
I'm based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community in my role as Enterprise Nation's Local Leader for Bristol. I also have strong connections with other major business organisations in the south west region.
In total, I've hosted over 100 events including conferences with an audience of hundreds for international brands like Xero and Facebook and live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street.
With my partner, I co-run Lifestyle District, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

Freelance content creator & event host

Smaller companies account for half of UK businesses' greenhouse gas emissions

Despite that figure, 76% have not formulated a decarbonisation strategy.

As Enterprise Nation&apos;s Head of community it&apos;s my job to make sure that you’re getting the most from your membership. If you’re a small business owner I&apos;ll make sure that we’re matching you to the support you need to start and grow your business. For advisers, that means making you aware of every available opportunity to promote your expertise to the rest of the community and connecting you with entrepreneurs that are looking for support.

Working closely with our Platform team, I&apos;ll help ensure that you can easily navigate our website and that your user experience is seamless.&nbsp;

Head of community

New to the Enterprise Nation community

This is a group for new members of the Enterprise Nation community to connect with likeminded businesses and the Enterprise Nation team. Use this space to meet other businesses who might be on a similar journey or looking to grow their network. Join and introduce yourself! Welcome to the community.

Having worked in large packaged food and hospitality companies such as Cadbury, Premier Foods and Pizza Hut for over 25 years I can now bring my expertise to small businesses.
I specialise in helping make companies customer focused by providing consumer or customer insight via affordable market research as a means to enabling effective marketing strategy, brand and company strategy, brand positioning and innovation.
I can...
<ul>
<li>Manage your consumer insight needs and help you become more consumer focused</li>
<li>Develop your long term insight based strategic plan for your brand or company and turbo charge your growth</li>
<li>Develop your innovation pipeline with insight based ideas and prepare for execution with thorough consumer validation</li>
<li>Test your ideas in a robust but affordable way</li>
<li>Plus - Idea Generation - Brand Positioning - Customer Closeness Programmes - Problem Solving Workshops - Concept Writing - Brand/Product Naming</li>
</ul>
My ultimate purpose is to enable businesses to &quot;do the right thing and do things right&quot; for their current and future customers to enable genuine growth.

Owner

Green House - Idea Generation

Using techniques developed by innoavtion company, !WhatIf? Green House is the technique for generating original and creative ideas to solve any problem in a fun and collaborative way.

Visionary, Game-Changing, Mentor
<ul>
<li>Empowering CEOs &amp; Owner/Founders to create awesome, engaging, super-profitable mission-driven businesses</li>
<li>Unleashing YOUR leadership superpowers</li>
</ul>
I work with passionate and ambitious business owners and founders, helping them transform into exemplary leaders of engaged, profitable and mission-driven companies.

Over the last 30+ years, I have had had the immense good fortune to have worked with an awful lot of businesses across the world - from pre-start solopreneurs to $MM multi-national corporations.  And not just private companies, but public sector bodies, NGOs, and third sector organisations too. &nbsp;

I&apos;ve learned so much from each and every organisation that I&apos;ve been privileged to work with, as their leaders shared with me what was working - and what wasn&apos;t.&nbsp;

Together we explored things like...
<ul>
<li>Their marketplace: key competitors, clients, and where they fitted within the value chain</li>
<li>How their teams were performing (or not). &nbsp;</li>
<li>Their relationships with their customers and suppliers.&nbsp;</li>
<li>How they created the products and services that they had built their business on.&nbsp;</li>
<li>How they got their product or service to market.&nbsp;</li>
<li>What as yet unseen opportunities were just waiting to be exploited.</li>
<li>What made them tick as individuals, and why they became entrepreneurs in the first place.&nbsp;</li>
<li>What drove their passion for innovation and excellence.</li>
</ul>
They helped transform my understanding and experience of how both good and great leaders behave. They gave me so many insights into how they had built amazing businesses with engaged employees, delighted clients, and super-profitable bottom lines - and I was honoured that they trusted me to be able to help them improve what they were doing.

It is now my privilege (and my calling) to use this perspective, together with all the knowledge, tools and experiences I&apos;ve picked up along the way, to empower and support my mentoring clients as they undertake their own transformation into awesome leaders.

I know that every leader is capable of greatness - even when they feel in the depths of despair and caught up in the raging whirlwind of running their business. &nbsp;

But it&apos;s really hard to unleash your leadership superpowers all by yourself.  You need access to a helping hand, a creative and willing brain, and a safe pair of ears belonging to someone who&apos;s walked in your shoes, and has the scars to show for it.

Let me be that person for you.

I&apos;ll be your biggest cheerleader, but I&apos;ll also challenge you to do better. Achieve more. Reach for your dreams. Because I know that transformation never comes from a place of comfort.&nbsp;

I&apos;m not cheap - I am reassuringly expensive - but working with me will be perhaps the best investment you&apos;ll ever make in your business.&nbsp;

My clients don&apos;t call me The Leader Whisperer™ for nothing...

The Leader Whisperer

Carri Nicholson

Visionary, Game-Changing, Mentor
<ul>
<li>Empowering CEOs &amp; Owner/Founders to create awesome, engaging, super-profitable mission-driven businesses</li>
<li>Unleashing YOUR leadership superpowers</li>
</ul>
I work with passionate and ambitious business owners and founders, helping them transform into exemplary leaders of engaged, profitable and mission-driven companies.

Over the last 30+ years, I have had had the immense good fortune to have worked w

Reasons to get a smart meter for your small business

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