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We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone.

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Vision and Values

Our vision and values define who we are; helping us achieve our purpose-led objectives that put customers, community, and the environment at the heart of what we do.

Vision and Values

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Accreditations

We strive for excellence in every facet of our business, reflected by the range of best-practice certifications that underline our commitments to quality, safety, and sustainability.

Accreditations

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An independent energy infrastructure and solutions provider, we work uniquely with stakeholders across the full spectrum of energy generation, supply, and consumption.

Introduction

Dandelions

Our vision and values define who we are, helping us realise purpose-led objectives that put customers, community, and the environment at the heart of what we do.

Vision and Values

Tim Mortlock

Meet the senior management and leadership team that drives SMS forward – nurturing around them the talent, knowledge and skills that provide the fundamental platform for our services.

Leadership

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The enduring relationships we enjoy with our clients and partners are testament to our commitment to providing sustainable, innovative, and forward-thinking energy solutions.

Our Customers

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We strive for excellence in every facet of our business, reflected by the range of best-practice certifications that underline our commitments to quality, safety, and sustainability.

See our Accreditations

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Having served the UK utility industry, industrial & commercial, and public sectors for more than 25 years, our case studies highlight our leading role in the ongoing energy transition.

Case Studies

Solutions

We provide the complete energy solution. From energy infrastructure that enables more sustainable homes and businesses, to the integrated energy management and project delivery critical for carbon reduction.

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Energy Storage

We independently develop, own and operate grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that serve a greener, resilient, and more flexible National Grid.

Energy Storage

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Metering

Through our integrated metering solutions, we manage over 4 million assets on behalf of energy suppliers and business customers, covering the industrial, commercial, and domestic markets.

Metering Overview

Solutions Overview

We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better; helping achieve a greener, more sustainable energy system for everyone.

Overview

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Our design, engineering, and project management experts deliver the critical utility infrastructure that keeps our homes and businesses sustainably powered.

Infrastructure Overview

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We independently develop, own and operate grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that serve a greener, resilient, and more flexible National Grid.

Energy Storage

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Our expert multi-utility team provides a fully-managed service to ensure the successful and timely installation of electricity, gas, and water infrastructure to your sites.

Multi-Utility

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We are a specialist, end-to-end power management partner for the UK telecoms industry, from feasibility studies and wayleaves, through to grid connection and metering services.

Telecoms Networks

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Through our integrated metering solutions, we manage over 4 million assets on behalf of energy suppliers and business customers, covering the industrial, commercial, and domestic markets.

Metering Overview

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As an accredited meter asset provider (MAP), operator (MOP), manager (MAM), we deliver the expert solutions that energy suppliers need to generate value and meet mandated rollout targets.

Energy Suppliers

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We partner directly with business energy users and third party intermediaries (TPIs), providing the expert metering services required to reduce consumption, costs, and carbon emissions.

Business

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Are you a homeowner or tenant looking for more information on smart meters? Get the lowdown on how your smart meter can help cut energy bills and contribute to a greener world.

Household: Smart Meters

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Our smart meter lab facility provides a bank of 200+ live meters for energy suppliers and other industry partners, providing assurance, device combination proving, and over-the-air (OTA) testing.

Test Centre

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Our national dual fuel academy delivers accredited gas and electric training and assessment for professionals looking to gain qualifications or upskill in the domestic and commercial sectors.

Training Academy

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Industry-leading data collection, settlement and software solutions for gas and electricity supplies help our customers improve insight and efficiencies and enable greater energy sustainability.

Data Overview

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We cover every aspect of your half-hourly (HH) and non-half-hourly (NHH) electricity data needs, from meter operation (MOP) to data collection (DC) through to ongoing energy management.

Electric Data

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Our gas solutions provide suppliers and business consumers with the data required to cut operational costs and carbon emissions.

Gas Data

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Our intelligent energy management platform, SmartVision, gives you clear visibility of your entire energy portfolio, helping turn your data into energy saving insights.

Analytics

Our Energy Services team provides business energy solutions and strategic carbon reduction projects, helping your organisation realise its sustainability objectives.

Energy Services Overview

Our net zero consultants offer strategic guidance – based on a full energy audit of your estate – to help establish a clear business roadmap to low emissions.

Strategy

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We design, develop, and deliver your carbon reduction projects and renewable energy solutions, including technology procurement, installation, and asset management.

Delivery

Through expert analysis of your business energy data, we provide bespoke reporting, insights and recommendations on your energy costs, consumption, and carbon emissions performance.

Analysis

We help you optimise your energy strategy and minimise your exposure to risk through our energy procurement, bill validation, and treasury services.

Optimisation

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The cloud-based software that communicates with, monitors and controls a range of distributed energy resources (DERs) to create smart, flexible local energy systems.

FlexiGrid

Delivering an end-to-end smart data and aggregation solution that enables suppliers and energy technology businesses to participate in National Grid ESO's Demand Flexibility Service.

Demand Flexibility Service

Sustainability

We are committed to improving our impacts on the environment, our communities, and wider society around us through responsible operations and best-practice corporate governance.

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Sustainability

Our Sustainability Report provides detailed disclosure on the practical steps we are taking to progress Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibilities within our business.

Sustainability

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Net Zero

We’re committed to achieving carbon neutrality across our organisation by the end of this decade, steered by our Net Zero 2030 roadmap.

Net Zero

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Browse our annual Sustainability Report to find out more about our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy.

Sustainability

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Find out more about our efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions across our business by the year 2030.

Net Zero

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We work with ratings agencies and utilise ESG reporting standards and frameworks to communicate and benchmark our performance.

ESG Ratings

Careers

Our people are the beating heart of our business. That’s why our philosophy is to always put our people first, defined by our well-established culture of high performance, reward and engagement.

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Our Culture

We provide our teams with work-life balance and flexibility, whilst fostering an open and honest workplace culture that celebrates diversity and promotes wellbeing.

Our Culture

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Careers

Work for a sustainable organisation that prioritises the employee experience. View our current vacancies and apply for your next exciting career move today!

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We strive for sustainability in everything we do, including the cultivation of a positive, diverse, and inclusive working environment which attracts, retains, and develops our people.

Our People

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Work for a sustainable organisation that prioritises the employee experience. View our current vacancies and apply for your next exciting career move today!

Vacancies

13 May 2019 EV Charging

SMS adds electric vehicles to company fleet

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We are delighted to announce SMS Ltd has leased two new electric vehicles (EVs) to be used as company pool cars.

Following a trial period, during which a range of EVs were tested, the business has hired the BMW i3 model (one in blue and one in white) custom-branded with the SMS logo and slogan.

The BMW i3 is a ‘Category 1’ electric vehicle, meaning it produces zero driving emissions (a travel range of at least 70 miles without emitting any CO2).

The EV pool cars will be based at the group’s Icon Building in Doncaster and are the first wave of a more extensive planned rollout of EVs across the business.

A separate trial is currently underway with a view to finding an EV replacement for the group’s large number of commercial vans, with the Nissan E-NV200 currently being tested.

In order to accommodate the rollout of EVs, the business will soon be installing EV charging points at the Doncaster site. A number of charge points are also scheduled to be installed at further SMS office and warehouse locations in coming months in order to future proof these sites for the anticipated rise in our EV fleet, as well as an increase in private EV ownership.

SMS has recently expanded its operations into the growing EV charging market, becoming on Office of Low-Emission Vehicles (OLEV) accredited installer for the government’s Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS).

We are also currently partnering with a consortium of companies for the Virgin Media Park and Charge Project (VPACH). In Q1 2019, this project took significant steps towards demonstrating the viability of a fully-integrated EV charging network for on-street residential parking in the United Kingdom.

In May 2019, the Committee on Climate Change urged the UK government to advance its ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 10 years. The current policy, which is set to come into force in 2040, will not be stringent enough for the electric vehicle (EV) market to reach its full potential and help meet climate targets, the committee said.