Meet Louise Chilton and her husband Justin- they've been together for six years and got married in June this year. They live in Consett in County Durham and run their own cleaning business, Magic Carpets Cleaning Services. Justin used to serve in the army and is a fan of Newcastle United and RS cars. Louise works as a PA for Northumbrian Water International, and loves to spend her spare time performing with her band, The Strobes.
"I switched our gas and electric through uSwitch in March or April this year, our telephone line in May this year, and also used the credit card service around June last year. To be honest, if I am looking at ways to save money (which I usually am!), uSwitch is the first place I look.
The process of switching was very easy - simple as that!
Louise Chilton - uSwitch customer
"We've saved £30 per month on gas and electric, £18 per month on the telephone line and calls and I switched from a 12% rate credit card to 8.9%. We bought our house in March last year and with us having such busy lives we've been doing the house bit by bit. The saved money will help with decoration, carpets etc!
"It's in my nature to always look for a 'better deal' and of course, we're taking precautionary measures for the warnings about the recession. The gas and electric bills were getting ridiculous and everybody says you you should switch suppliers to save so that's what I did...there really are much better deals out there, you don't always have to stay with the largest provider to get the best deal.
"We' will be watching how the gas and electricity prices change and of course if we need to, we'll change supplier again. I'll do this with all our utilities and if we need to switch, we will, through uSwitch. We have recently had our walls insulated to save energy, so hopefully in the winter we will feel a big difference with this.
"The process of switching was very easy - simple as that! uSwitch takes care of the finer details and you really just need to confirm the switch with your new provider. Impartial services such as uSwitch are imperative to Joe Public - so a big thumbs up to uSwitch from us!"