RE: Caution27 Oct 2016 17:35
It's pretty simple math. If 30000 customers were split anything like equally across 30 suppliers it would offer absolurely no influence from the supplier in terms of early payment etc as there would be absolutely nothing to gain for the supplier. The fact that utilitywise has agreements with 2 suppliers that pay upfront e.g. before the customer contracts go live, openly suggests that is where they place the vast majority if not all of their customers. Ask yourself why else would a supplier pay a 'middle man' before they get paid themselves? The answer would be they have an agreement to be provided a large volume of business. This essentially puts utilitywise at the mercy of one or two suppliers and that 'all eggs in one basket' approach is very risky indeed, especially if the supplier decides they are not gaining value for money e.g. if the contracts are not going live. I suggest you do your research as this is all public knowledge.