This statistic shows the main triggers for switching gas suppliers in Great Britain in 2014, by payment method. Of those surveyed, 70 percent paying by monthly or quarterly debit believed a new supplier would be cheaper, while 4 percent believed in better customer service from a new supplier.
Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, what was the main trigger causing you to switch?
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Ofgem, & Ipsos. (June 25, 2014). Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, what was the main trigger causing you to switch? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/315478/triggers-for-switching-gas-suppliers-by-payment-method-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem, und Ipsos. "Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, what was the main trigger causing you to switch?." Chart. June 25, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315478/triggers-for-switching-gas-suppliers-by-payment-method-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem, Ipsos. (2014). Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, what was the main trigger causing you to switch?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315478/triggers-for-switching-gas-suppliers-by-payment-method-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem, and Ipsos. "Thinking about The Last Time You Switched Your Gas Supplier, What Was The Main Trigger Causing You to Switch?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315478/triggers-for-switching-gas-suppliers-by-payment-method-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem & Ipsos, Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, what was the main trigger causing you to switch? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315478/triggers-for-switching-gas-suppliers-by-payment-method-in-great-britain-uk/ (last visited May 25, 2024)
Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, what was the main trigger causing you to switch? [Graph], Ofgem, & Ipsos, June 25, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/315478/triggers-for-switching-gas-suppliers-by-payment-method-in-great-britain-uk/