Data from research consultancy firm Cornwall Insight suggests that electricity bills for large retail and leisure units, and small manufacturers are set to reach £200,000 higher in 2026 than pre-crisis costs.
Research conducted by Energy Systems Catapult has revealed that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the West Midlands have seen their energy bills increase by between 167 and 500%.
Exmouth Leisure Centre in Devon is the first UK site to benefit from free heat supplied by British tech start-up, Deep Green’s, heat-recapture cloud technology.
