Indigo Swan

Introducing Indigo Swan's new Vision + Values 2024 💜 We are so proud of our new values, which have all been created by the swans! ⚡ Be Curious - We value questions over answers, we never judge or assume. ⚡ Embrace Individuality - Be the person you want to be, so you can celebrate yourself, so we can celebrate together. ⚡ Exceed Expectations - Forget the what is, and embrace the what if. People of excellence go above and beyond to do what is right. ⚡ Success Through Trust - We place people and integrity over profit, to drive growth through long-term trusted relationships. What business values are important to you? James Groves 🦢, Hayley Leech FCCA 🦢, Aimee Konieczny 🦢, Andy Kindleysides 🦢 #IndigoSwan #Values #Vision

Swan Stars ✨ We love to celebrate the successes and achievements of our amazing team of individuals we have in the nest, which is why we created our 'Swan Stars'. Each month, one swan is voted the 'Swan Star of the month', and their achievements celebrated 💜 Swans are nominated for by their colleagues. This could be someone that has gone above and beyond for a client, helped a fellow Swan or simply improved personally by stepping out of their comfort zone. The winners are then decided by the Directors, and go into our draw at the end of the year to win a contribution towards a holiday of their choice. The winner of our Swan of the Month for October is ......... (drum roll 🥁) Miguel De Sousa....congratulations! Watch this space for next month's winner 😀 🥂

“Bring the sunshine…” ☀️ Calling on his years of experience, James Groves 🦢 from Indigo Swan shares his Four Pillars of Leadership. Spoiler alert: it’s all about celebrating your team. Click below to read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/dmzghddJ

Our Mini November Energy Report is now out. Some of the top headlines include: 💡 Gas and Electricity Wholesale prices are higher than last week 🗺️ Lower temperatures and potential supply issues are adding pressure 📈 EU Gas Storage levels are 91% full, compared to 99% last year You can get all the information you need to know about the current Gas and Electricity markets in our Mini November Energy Report on our blog. https://lnkd.in/esquDRhq #EnergyMarkets #EnergyPrices #Gas #Electricity

International Men’s Day 💜💙 Today is ‘International Men’s Day’ which celebrates the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities. It’s a day to highlight positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being. The theme for 2024 is “Positive Male Role Models”. We are lucky to have such inspirational male role models at Indigo Swan, who are passionate not only about the vision of the company, but about each Swan personally. Our MD James is a great leader and mentor, not only in the nest, but also outside of the nest too and does a great deal to support the local business community. Our Commercial Director Andy has been shortlisted for ‘Director of the Year’ award in the EDP Business Awards and is always there to offer help and support. We are lucky to have two incredible male Directors whose leadership, passion and dedication inspire all the other Swans in the nest and allow us to be ourselves every day. Wellbeing and mental health are important at Indigo Swan, and today is also about addressing men’s mental health. Men are more likely to suffer from mental health issues such as depression and anxiety but are less likely to seek help due to societal expectations around masculinity, so it’s important that we encourage conversations by creating a safe space and being there to listen. Today we are celebrating all the wonderful male Swans in the nest. We appreciate everything you do 💜 LEE, Kieran, Andrew, Callum, Miguel, Harrison. #InternationalMensDay #IMD2024 #MentalHealth

Our Mini November Energy Report is now out. Some of the top headlines include: 💡 Gas and Electricity Wholesale prices are higher than last week 🗺️ Potential supply issues are adding pressure to prices 📈 EU Gas Storage levels are a positive 93% full, although lower than last year You can get all the information you need to know about the current Gas and Electricity markets in our Mini November Energy Report on our blog. https://lnkd.in/ex9ZDjPM #EnergyMarkets #EnergyPrices #Gas #Electricity

Did you watch Panorama’s ‘The Truth about Smart Meters’ last night? ⚡ In 2011, the government set out plans to get smart meters into every home and said that this could be completed by 2019. As it stands, currently only two-thirds of homes have them and millions don’t work as they should do. Following on from the perfect timing (!) of Aimee and James discussing smart meters on BBC Radio Norfolk yesterday morning, we wanted to share some of the main points we picked up from this. If you watched it, we’d love to know what you thought below 👇🏼 ·  Smart meters are intended to allow us to provide accurate consumption data to the network which gives better billing and allows for better planning in managing the supply / demand relationship. ·  It’s one of the government’s tools to help reach Net Zero. ·  The cost of the rollout is £13.5bn and the benefit from energy savings thought to be just £6bn. ·  In the Midlands, Wales and Southern England, meters use cellular (mobile) technology. A weak signal can be boosted using an aerial. ·  In northern England and Scotland meters use radio waves. A weak signal cannot be boosted by an aerial. These radio waves are better suited to rural sparsely populated areas……so that creates issues in towns and cities, including Glasgow. ·  36 million smart meters in the UK and 3.5 million are not working properly. This can mean that when some customers use energy during the off-peak period and believe they are getting cheaper rates, they may be billed the full period at the peak rate. They may also be billed on estimated rates. ·  The new government target is to get smart meters into ¾ of households by end 2025. ·  The issues are thought to be that energy suppliers were made responsible for fitting smart meters rather than the local distribution company and that the fitting is voluntary, having to persuade customers to allow installs. The likes of BG (British Gas) are now saying that the install of smart meters should be mandatory. ·  One in six of BG’s smart meters are not working properly. This is partially due to them fitting the COP1 meters rather than the newer COP2. ·  Different types of meters, different supplier software systems and targets to just install meters rather than them working correctly have contributed to issues.   If you missed Aimee & James on the radio yesterday, you can catch up on BBC Sounds: https://lnkd.in/e675i9fy If you’d like to discuss any of these with us, or if you have any concerns, please get in touch with us. #SmartMeters #Energy #NetZero #Sustainability

Who caught Aimee Konieczny 🦢 and James Groves 🦢 on BBC Radio Norfolk this morning?! #SmartMeters #Energy #EnergySaving

We love working with Property Managers Association Scotland and are proud to have been their headline sponsor for the last few years 💜 #PropertyManagement #PMAS

Our Operations Director Andy Kindleysides 🦢 is ecstatic to have made the final of 'Director of the Year'. “I am extremely proud being nominated by my fellow Directors, and I’m ecstatic to have made the final of Director of the Year. It’s been a difficult transition at times for me, from employee to being a Director / Co-owner of Indigo Swan. But being able to focus on my strengths and motivations to deliver internal projects has been transformational for my 2024. Whatever the outcome of the awards, I’m very proud to have made the final four and to be representing Indigo Swan on the night”. We feel very honoured to have been recognised in the following categories: ✨ Employer of the Year ✨ Medium Business of the Year ✨ Director of the Year - Andy Kindleysides Visit our website to read the full blog, link in comments. #EDPBusinessAwards #AwardFinalists #GoSwans