According to a recent survey by connectingbusiness.com, 50% of small businesses are on a consumer tariff, and half of those admitted that they thought their bills were too high.  Many businesses are simply unaware of the benefits of switching from a consumer to a business tariff.  Business tariffs are specifically tailored for business customers and not available to consumers, and so changing to a business contract could significantly reduce their bills.  

There are three main ways in which being on a business tariff may bring the mobile costs of a business down: 

1) Sharing tariffs: some business tariffs can be shared between users, which helps to reduce costs as the tariffs work on a lead/share system where the line rental for the sharers is set at a standard price, which is usually only around £12-£15 per line.  However, even if only one phone is required for the business, there are other benefits to be had from a business tariff.

2) Free calls: many business tariffs offer free calls to landlines, whilst most networks offer free calls to other mobiles on the same network. 

3) Claim VAT back: if your business is VAT registered, you can also claim the VAT back from the line rental, which it is not possible to do on a consumer tariff.

MD Andy Tow comments, “All businesses need to keep their mobile phone costs as low as possible, and connectingbusiness.com is here to help them find out how.  It’s a shame that so many businesses are unaware of the savings they could benefit from by simply switching to a business tariff, even if they only need one mobile phone.  By using our free mobile health check all businesses can find out which tariff would be most cost effective for them and connectingbusiness.com can organise the switch.”