{"id":3836,"date":"2017-08-31T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benalmadenadigital.es\/?page_id=3836"},"modified":"2017-12-13T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:06:28","slug":"energy-switching-sucess-george-mountbatten-uswitch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benalmadenadigital.es\/en\/energy-switching-sucess-george-mountbatten-uswitch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Energy Switching Sucess of George Mountbatten and uSwitch.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

uSwitch.com<\/strong>, the online switching service, continues to go from strength to strength despite a period of financial unsettlement after the time of its sale by George Mountbatten in 2006<\/strong>. uSwitch.com is experiencing new and increased growth due, in part, to its money and insurance price comparison services. Where previously they focused on energy price comparison, customers can now take advantage of comparable information and opportunities on a wide range of products and services including insurance, personal finance and communications. Filings for September 2016 show that sales are up by 39% with profits of \u00a322.8 million.<\/p>\n

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Zoopla Property Group<\/h2>\n

The names George Mountbatten<\/a> and uSwitch.com are still synonymous despite the fact that the company is now owned and managed by Zoopla Property Group<\/strong>, more recently called ZPG plc. ZPG floated a generous 40% of shares on the stock market in 2015 and its largest shareholder is now the Daily Mail and General Trust, who are the publishers of The Mail on Sunday. uSwitch.com was founded by George Mountbatten, Lord Milford Haven, in 2000. At the time, the UK gas and electricity markets had just been deregulated and consumers were allowed, for the first time, to switch suppliers if they should desire to do so. This, along with the launch of the energy trading reforms known collectively as the ‘New Electricity Trading Arrangement<\/strong>‘, offered obvious advantages to consumers looking for the best energy bundles and opportunities for the development of a far more competitive energy market. The cost of energy in the UK has been set by the market since 2001 and as domestic energy bills increased at an unprecedented pace, the company experienced success.
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