Saving businesses money on their utilities is what we do all day, and we love it. But we have always believed a local business should be about more than its invoices. Plymouth is home, Britain’s Ocean City, and doing our bit for it is part of who we are.
Backing the Mayflower Forest
One project we have been glad to get behind is the Mayflower Forest at the Marsh Mills junction on the A38. If you drive in and out of Plymouth, you know the spot. The idea of turning it into something green and lasting is exactly the kind of thing worth supporting. We have donated to the crowdfunding campaign and used our platform to point others toward it too.
It is a small contribution in the scheme of things, but if a few more local businesses chip in, these projects actually happen. That is the point of a community: everyone doing a bit.
Why we bother
We could just keep our heads down and crunch contracts. But the businesses we help are part of the same city we live in, and the better Plymouth does, the better we all do. Supporting local projects is not separate from the day job, it is part of the same belief that local should look after local.
That is also why we operate the way we do, from our base in Stonehouse, with a real team that knows the area, not a faceless call centre somewhere far away.
And the day job continues
While we are doing our bit for the city, the core work carries on. Through the Smarta Challenge we help businesses save at least £1,000 across energy, water, merchant services and broadband. We’re paid by the supplier when you switch, never by you, so the review and the work cost you nothing.
What to do this week
If you run a Plymouth business, two things. Take a look at the Mayflower Forest campaign and see if you can support it. And while you are at it, check whether you are overpaying on your own utilities. Upload a recent bill at /upload-bill/ and we will review it for free.