PCMG - Professional Cost Management Group Ltd

The ever growing complexity of the Telecom and Utility markets means that significant overcharges are now commonplace.

As costs continue to rise well above the rate of inflation, so there is a growing need to safeguard profits by identifying and recovering overpayments and driving ongoing costs out wherever possible. This is where we excel: every year, we help our customers to realise millions of pounds in savings and refunds. PCMG offers you the ability to take advantage of our expertise on a risk-free basis. Our initial recovery services have no up-front costs – all fees are performance related, so any payment we receive is generated entirely out of the savings that we help you to secure. Your refunds can then drop straight to your bottom-line and/or can be used to generate significant ongoing savings with our Optimisation services.

WaterBack

The water and sewerage industry is rapidly changing. With costs and usage becoming increasingly more significant for business, new tariffs, allowances and benefits are being continuously introduced by suppliers, adding complexity to the increasing costs.

Water supply and associated costs are dictated wholly by geography and without in-depth knowledge of each of the regional charging structures, businesses with multi-site locations have little chance of establishing if tariffs and usage are charged correctly. However, single-site businesses, especially in certain areas of the country, also often incur incorrect charges from the suppliers.

Recovery Audit
In our experience, around 1 in 8 water accounts are billed incorrectly, more in certain areas of the country - our team undertakes a detailed audit and tariff analysis service that covers water, sewerage and effluent charges, identifying areas in which cost reduction is possible and initiating any necessary action to pursue and secure refunds. Key cost areas for review include;
 

  • Surface water charges

  • Highways drainage charges

  • Site area charges

  • Property drainage charges

  • Band charges

  • Meter standing charges

  • Effluent discharge charges

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We employ expert analysts, software developers and water industry specialists to examine and validate every aspect of the billing process and have identified numerous mistakes, often recurring, in all the major water suppliers billing systems and processes. We have generated over £9 million of recoveries for our clients from their water costs.

Optimisation
High water charges are often the result of underlying problems in the supply – from leakage and inefficient usage of water to simple billing errors.

Our Optimisation services provide both strategic and tactical advice to organisations that want to reduce and manage their water consumption. Through employing highly-experienced water professionals and partnering with best-of-breed companies we are able to deliver an end-to-end solution including areas such as;
 

  • On-site Survey – Using uses various techniques and technologies we identify and repair leakages and determine whether there is scope for water conservation, reuse, recycling or wastewater treatment.

  • Demand Management - Providing advice on alternative water sources as well as assisting on matters relating to metering, sewerage, conservation, drainage systems, and disposal of wastewater

  • Safeguarding Savings – Monitoring and safeguarding ongoing saving, with full assessment and renegotiation of all water related charges.
     

Click here to download the PCMG Water Services Overview data sheet.
 

 

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