Manufacturer’s growth fuelled by smart energy

Manufacturer’s growth fuelled by smart energy

Baylis Automotive, which employs 60 people at its factory in Smethwick, has recently won a number of valuable orders in the agricultural sector, helping it to achieve 25% annual growth, and taking its turnover to £5m.

This growth has been accelerated by Baylis joining forces with Control Energy Costs (CEC) which has already saved Bayliss over 25,000 by renegotiating its current supply contract, and securing Climate Change Levy (CCL) tax relief for the first time.

Ray Desai, Baylis managing director said: “This year will see us smash £5m in turnover and, with the increase in work comes an increase in costs through new machinery and more energy. We don’t have the time to monitor usage or look at ways were we could be more cost effective, so we thought we would bring in external specialists. CEC were introduced to us through a mutual business partner and we were immediately impressed by its transparency and the desire to understand our issues.”

CEC got Baylis a £15,000 refund from the CCL and further savings through a new provider could add up to as much as £4,000 per month. CEC, working with Bayliss to increase its power supply, so its future growth and concomitant rise in energy usage will not result in excessive additional charges.

Rebecca Capon of CEC added: “A lot of manufacturers in the Black Country are growing and with that growth comes escalating energy costs. There’s a lot of examples where firms just pay the increase without investigating as its seen as a non-core part of the business. This is where we come in.”

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