Steve Wennington started Pro-Eco at the beginning of 1984. The idea was to scour the utilities market, finding savings for SMEs and giving them access to the same deals previously only available to huge corporations.

It wasn’t just about the money – Steve wanted to help save his clients time as well. He came up with the idea of a ‘Letter Of Authority’, which when signed by the client would allow Pro-Eco to check their invoices (and correct them if necessary) before they had to pay them. At the time Steve never imagined that this idea would later be adopted and used by hundreds of companies – but in fact it’s now considered standard practice for all brokers in the energy industry.