{"id":12841,"date":"2016-07-07T13:51:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T12:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2016-11-16T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T17:55:00","slug":"introducing-kidstarts-new-family-energy-offer-in-partnership-with-octopus-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/introducing-kidstarts-new-family-energy-offer-in-partnership-with-octopus-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing KidStart\u2019s new Family Energy offer in partnership with Octopus Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julian, Managing Director of KidStart shares his views about the new Family Energy offer<\/a>.<\/h2>\r\nThe Competitions and Markets Authority (the government organisation that promotes competition for the benefit of consumers) recently published a report into the energy market<\/a> in the UK.\r\n\r\nI was shocked to read that most households still get their gas \/ electricity<\/a> on a standard variable tariff from one of the big six suppliers (ie: British Gas, EDF, Eon, Sottish power, Scottish & Southern and Npower<\/a>) despite them being up to 30% more expensive. That is hundreds of pounds a year too much paid by the average family!\r\n\r\nSwitch with KidStart and Octopus<\/a><\/strong> today to save up to \u00a3300, get savings on your monthly bill and if you switch by 7th October, a chance to WIN \u00a3400<\/a><\/strong> in John Lewis vouchers.\r\n\r\nWe did a bit of digging into why people don\u2019t switch<\/a><\/strong> and found that for many the process seems complex, the choice bewildering and they worry about hidden catches in the \u201cdeals\u201d they see. In particular, many fixed tariffs look like a good deal initially but might have fees for ending early and then go to higher rates if you forget to switch<\/a><\/strong> at the end of the contract.\r\n\r\nWe had a think about it and felt that the solution was to try to make life simpler for our members \u2013 after all we are all too busy with the day to day craziness of bringing up children and living our daily lives. We felt that if we could find an offer that is simple to switch<\/a><\/strong> to, is just great value and has no catches<\/a><\/strong> then our members would not need to think about it.\r\n

So we decided to team up with Octopus Energy<\/a><\/strong> to launch a \u201cno-brainer\u201d unique family energy offer<\/a><\/strong> designed especially for our members:<\/h3>\r\n