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Cash recovery initiatives deliver ~£275m benefit for large Energy supplier
Outsourced credit turnaround yields 10% bad debt reduction and ~£10m in cash
Challenger supplier faced difficulties with their outsourced credit partner. Our transformation plan delivered ~£25m benefit within 4 months, with ~£20m from new debt prevention.
Large energy retailer debt sale and capabilities creation for £20m cash benefit
We used our tried and tested Debt Sale Management Framework, helping our client to identify segments of debt it wanted to sell, segments it would consider selling, and segments it did not want to sell.
Large energy retailer closes P&L gap through debt sale
Our client was seeking to close a ‘P&L gap’ of £5m and saw debt sale as an opportunity to support its year-end gap closing initiatives. BFY undertook a detailed data analysis and segmentation exercise.
Challenger energy retailer first debt sale delivered £1m in year one
Our client wanted to explore debt sale as an alternative to using debt collection agencies, which had historically struggled to provide consistent returns.
Supporting a large supplier's transformation through challenger strategy and scenario analysis
Our client, a large Energy retailer, was looking for quantitative and qualitative analysis on how challenger energy suppliers operate. We delivered our insights and recommendations to the board using our modelling on the energy market, backed by the evidence gained through our benchmarking study.
Economic advisory on Ofgem’s price cap for a large energy retailer
Our client, a large energy retailer, was looking for economic advisory on how it would be impacted by Ofgem’s price cap and how it should respond to its consultation. It needed to pull together a team at short notice to provide the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the published data provided in the Ofgem data room.
Accelerated M&A process on behalf of a Senior Secured Creditor
We deployed our accelerated M&A team to conduct due diligence analysis of the domestic retailer, modelling the business, and customer book, at pace to prepare for all disposal options.
Strategic options analysis for a mid-sized challenger
Our client, the Managing Director of a mid-sized challenger brand, was struggling to create a strategic plan and needed support to produce scenario analysis on a number of strategic options.
Wholesale trading analysis on challenger brands to increase gross margin
Our client, a large Energy retailer, needed deeper insight into how challenger brands bought wholesale energy, and to what degree this could be providing a cost advantage. We delivered a detailed report on the leading challenger brands’ wholesale market activity, helping our client change its own approach and increase its gross margin.
Large energy retailer initiatives generate up to £15m in year one
Our client, a large energy retailer, had suffered an adverse impact to its gross margin as well as higher than planned debt balances. BFY Group was engaged to identify potential initiatives to close the client’s adverse financial position.
Debt collection per agent nearly doubles for large Energy supplier
Our client was aware it had an issue with the quality of debt conversations taking place between agents and customers. BFY Group partnered with the client over a six-month period, implement lasting change and nearly doubling the cash collected by each team member, delivering a benefit to the client of £3.5m per year.
Diagnostics identify debt management changes for challenger worth £13m in year one
Our client, a leading challenger brand in the UK residential energy market, has appointed a new board because the business’ commercial position was suffering due to legacy debt.