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First Utility is a supplier of gas and electricity in the United Kingdom, based in Warwick. In October 2013 the company was ranked as the seventh largest supplier in the UK, making it the largest outside the Big 6.〔(First utility boss: bills could double in the next 10 years ) The Telegraph, 19 October 2013〕 By September 2014 the company had a market share of 2%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/energy-bills/11082094/First-Utility-attracts-1m-customers-why.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/energy-giants-face-challenge-as-rival-first-utility-signs-up-a-million-accounts-9717448.html )〕 Unlike the Big 6, the company does not generate electricity, instead purchasing it from international markets. The company has a relationship with Shell, which sees it act as an intermediary to purchase wholesale energy on the global market. 〔(First Utility eyes lower bills with Shell energy deal ) The Telegraph, 9 December 2013〕 ==History== The company was launched in 2008 by co-founders Mark Daeche, Darren Braham and Marcus Citron as a spin-out from First Telecom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbDetails.asp?siteID=1&compID=3284&yr=2011 )〕〔 In January 2012 the company appointed the former lastminute.com CEO Ian McCaig as its new CEO. In January 2014 the company signed a three year deal to become title sponsors of the Super League.〔(Super League agrees new three-year sponsorship deal ) BBC Sport, 21 January 2014〕 In September 2014, the firm announced it was considering an initial public offering or outside investment to fund foreign expansion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First Utility」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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