When it comes to energy prices, the only thing that seems predictable is unpredictability. In recent years, global conflicts have disrupted supply chains and sent prices rocketing. For business owners managing costs it’s a daily rollercoaster.
‘I didn’t have to take a step out of my day job’
Jake Parry, general manager of the not-for-profit leisure centre RiversMeet in Gillingham, Dorset, has keenly felt the effects of fluctuating costs. After RiversMeet survived the pandemic lockdowns, the 2022 energy crisis saw its energy outlay soar. “We were experiencing a big increase in the cost of running the facility. Our electricity costs went from 11p up to 88p a kilowatt hour (p/kWh),” Parry says.
