“We believed we ran a tight ship, but within months of appointing Business Cost Consultants they negotiated a rebate from our water provider of over 30%.”
Dave Grundy, Accountant, WT Mather Ltd
WT Mather Ltd. is part of the Surafti UK Group and has been making quality jams and mincemeat for over a hundred years. Surafti UK consists of three companies, James Fleming & Co., WT Mather and Sugarfayre. Each company manufactures high quality products for the food industry. We manage all the utilities for the three UK companies.
Situation:
WT Mather Ltd. asked our experts to provide recommendations on ways to reduce water costs. Our experts did a full audit of water usage and costs. Upon visiting the site our experts discovered that water meters of the wrong sizes were being used.
Results:
We provided recommendations to the client on ways to reduce water costs and consumption, as well as recommendations on the size of water meter they should be using. We also identified savings that could be made in trade effluent.
By downsizing the meters we were able to save the client over £2,000 annually. We were also able to backdate the overcharge to November 2002 and as a result the client received a rebate of over £13,000. Coupled with this, we were also able to identify a significant trade effluent saving, resulting in a total saving in excess of £33,000.
Business Cost Consultants have continued to work with our client to recommend ways to make water savings as the company changes. We also fully support them with their water management to ensure that they are not being overcharged.