{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/132406.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":132406,"parliament":{"period":"2015-2017","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2017-05-03T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Please ban 'Business Energy Solutions' and all affiliates from trading in the UK","background":"Whilst I do understand that profit & commission are the main draws of the business energy sector - their way of trading should not be to the complete detriment of the customer and their small to medium enterprises. I have seen SMEs go out of business due to BES practices.  ","additional_details":"BES operate in a way where they buy 'change of tenancy' data and make unsolicited calls to unknowing new business owners/tenants under the facade that they are 'meter registration' executives or 'central network' employees, they then adopt a hard-sell approach (harrassment) citing all sorts of claims (lies) e.g claiming they need to agree 'the best deal on the market' through BES Utilities for up to 5 years. These contracts put SMEs out of business - they are as far from competitive as you get.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2016-06-10T16:11:13.043Z","updated_at":"2017-09-09T06:13:52.074Z","rejected_at":"2016-06-16T10:26:54.224Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":null,"response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":""},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}