This year, the manufacturing industry faces significant challenges. Many external factors are influencing the economic outlook of the UK sector, including rising employment taxes, increased costs of raw materials, additional compliance standards, and further trade barriers for export orders. These represent significant and largely uncontrollable factors which may ultimately reduce the profitability of an organization. However, there is one additional cost which manufacturers have significant control over – operational energy costs and expenditure. While grid-sourced commodity markets remain volatile and non-commodity price increases are introduced by independent bodies( e. g. Distribution and Network Operators), businesses have the opportunity to control how this affects them. In this article, I outline the four best ways for businesses to implement cost-reducing measures( using the example of Silverline Office Equipment) and ultimately increase their profitability.