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UK Together

Hi
We signed up to join Exeter Together/UK Together earlier this year.
It's a sort of cooperative where energy suppliers (First Utility and British Gas) will offer exclusive collective deals to save money on household gas and electricity bills. The idea being that signing up on mass would get us a better deal.
Does anyone know whether Exeter Together will still look for the cheapest deal or whether it was a one off switch??
Through searching U switch and MSE it appears that we are probably on the best deal available for us currently. Roughly £800 a year with First Utility (which is pretty good for a family of 4 in a 3 bed 1930s terrace). However, with all this talk of price hikes we are unclear whether the collective deal achieved by UK/exeter Together will remain competitive or if we should be looking to leave this arrangement and find ourselves a fixed deal?
Any advice gratefully received!


:money:

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  • Scaramonga wrote: »
    Hi
    We signed up to join Exeter Together/UK Together earlier this year.
    It's a sort of cooperative where energy suppliers (First Utility and British Gas) will offer exclusive collective deals to save money on household gas and electricity bills. The idea being that signing up on mass would get us a better deal.
    Does anyone know whether Exeter Together will still look for the cheapest deal or whether it was a one off switch??
    Through searching U switch and MSE it appears that we are probably on the best deal available for us currently. Roughly £800 a year with First Utility (which is pretty good for a family of 4 in a 3 bed 1930s terrace). However, with all this talk of price hikes we are unclear whether the collective deal achieved by UK/exeter Together will remain competitive or if we should be looking to leave this arrangement and find ourselves a fixed deal?
    Any advice gratefully received!


    :money:

    If you are already on the cheapest deal, you are already on the cheapest deal.

    None of these collective deals offer anything other than an existing tariff from the limited number of suppliers that actually agree to take part.

    You've already surveyed the whole of market by using a comparison site. Continue to do so if you think there may be a change, or better still sign up to the MSE Cheap Energy Club and be alerted if a chaeper deal ever turns up :)
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