The great energy price comparison race has started. As I write this it is January and along with millions of people all over the world I'm feeling the squeeze after paying my credit card bills.

For this reason, coupled with new year resolutions people turn their attention to saving some money where they can. Let's face it, we all have to pay for our energy so it makes sense to pay for the least possible whilst maintaining quality of service.

To help you and I do this there are websites out there like money supermarket that will carry out an energy price comparison for you. You simply enter a few details and it goes and checks it's database of current gas and electricity prices.

No I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this - they offer a useful service, but I would suggest this is the start of the journey - a step in the right direction but not the whole picture.

To make myself clear, my best price is actually with a company that didn't even show on the comparison site I used. Another site did use them, but didn't actually show the deal I am on with my current supplier, which is the Utility Warehouse.

I don't understand why, but the energy comparison sites don't seem to update quickly enough, or can't work with multi service suppliers. I'm talking about companies that offer several utilities on one bill to save cost for example.