Company Culture – The Questions We Get Asked the Most

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Our culture is one of individuality and positivity. We encourage each of the Swans to be themselves at work, and we appreciate the diversity this brings. Over the years this is something we have become known for – something we are very proud of. With this brings curiosity and intrigue! I’ve lost count of the […]

The Swans have voted for our charity of the year…

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In order to select our chosen charity of the year, several charities are presented to the Swans who are asked to anonymously vote for the one they would like to support for that year. The charities presented are those that have shown an interest in working together or have approached us for our support. As […]

Applying Buddhism to Business

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Over the last few months, I’ve been working to improve myself, both in my working environment and at home. Recently I found an article online around how applying Buddhist principles to your work can help achieve positive results. Intrigued, I read the article and followed it up with some research on Buddhism itself and whether […]

Energy & Market Update – February

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Overview As of the 12th February, Gas and Electricity Year Ahead Wholesale costs show decreases when compared to last month’s report. The coronavirus has had a big impact on the Oil price, falling from $59 to $55, due to a forecast reduction of Chinese imports. OPEC have tried to counter this fall by suggesting they […]

Energy & Water Market Update – January

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Overview As of the 15th January, Gas and Electricity Year Ahead Wholesale costs show decreases when compared to last month’s report. Following the assassination of an Iranian general by the US and the counter missile strikes against coalition bases, Oil and subsequently Gas and Electricity prices did increase, but have since eased as the situation […]

Meet The Swan: James

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Each month we’re taking some time to get to know one of the amazing swans a little better, as part of our ‘Meet the Swan’ series. You can tune into our monthly podcast ‘What’s Going Swan’ to find out more about each of the Swans. November see’s the turn of James Groves, or Jimbo as […]

The Swans head to London!

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November was certainly a month to remember at the nest! We were up for 2 awards (read all about the Norfolk Business Awards here) one of which was the British Chambers of Commerce National ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ Award. We had already won the regional category earlier in the month, so it was a dream come true […]

Energy Market Update – December

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Overview As of the 11th December, Gas and Electricity Year Ahead Wholesale costs show decreases when compared to last month’s report. OPEC and Russia have announced further Oil production cuts through to March 2020, in an attempt to support prices. As a result, they moved from $61 a barrel last month to $64, but have […]

Our best year yet at the ‘Big Indigo Charity’ Quiz!

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A week on from our annual ‘Big Indigo Charity Quiz’ and it’s still only just sinking in what we managed to achieve! What a fantastic evening had by all with an incredible amount of money raised for Norfolk and Waveney Mind. Last year we raised an extraordinary £4,000 for Mind but this year we knew […]