Who we are
Verastar is the UK’s leading provider of essential business services to small businesses.
The Verastar Group has a suite of leading B2B brands which currently provide over 10% of the UK’s small businesses with essential services.
We do energy—electricity and gas, water, broadband, voice, mobile, payment services and insurance – essential services to UK small businesses. All in one place. Simple. Giving you more essential time to run your business.
It’s what we do. Multi-service delivery for small businesses – all in one place. Simple. Giving you more essential time to run your business.
We’ll take care of the essential services; you take care of your business.
Our Mission
“To be the one-stop essential services provider to small businesses, making customers’ lives easy and helping our people succeed.”
135k customers
300k live services
700
colleagues
One bill solution
Our services
Our proposition is unique. The Verastar Group provides approximately 300,000 live services to small businesses across telecommunications, energy, water, insurance and financial services. No other provider offers this mix. Our customers also benefit from receiving all their essential services (except insurance) on one bill.
Telecoms
Tailored Telecoms solutions to suit any business need. From the latest VoIP and Fibre Broadband packages to traditional Fixed Line and Broadband. All backed by the fastest fibre and outstanding service. We even offer mobile handsets and data bundles at a competitive and affordable price too.
Utilities
From pipes to electricity lines, we’ve got them covered. Whether it’s traditional gas, 100% green electricity or your standard water services, we offer our customers competitive fixed term contracts to ensure the very best savings. In fact we are one of the UK’s largest regulated suppliers of water services to small businesses.
Insurance
Our Insurance offering is provided by TBO Services Limited under The Insurance Octopus brand. Each business is individual, which is why our customers need a policy that reflects this. Through their panel of UK insurance partners, they work to find a policy that offers complete protection at a great price.
Financial Services
Our financial services offering is provided by Inspire Payment Services Limited under the Inspire Payments brand. They’re passionate about cutting the cost of card payments for both small and medium sized businesses. Whether a customer’s business is new to card readers or not, they’re here to offer simple, cost-effective payment solutions.
Our brand portfolio
The Verastar Group’s diverse brand portfolio enables us to provide core essential services to approximately 160,000 small businesses.
Click on a brand below to visit its website
Our values
We are one team, Passionate and United in our mission to deliver Straightforward and Innovative service to the UK’s hardworking small business owners
Careers at Verastar
It’s all about individuals. Verastar is leading the way in equality and diversity – our median gender pay gap result is now 3.3% against a national average of 14.3% – we’re closing the gap on pay.
“It’s your time with Verastar: Our extensive range of flexible benefits means that working here is not just a job, it’s a career that works around you.”
Check out our latest vacancies and see why more than 700 colleagues choose to work for us today.
Latest News
Verastar continues to close the Gender Pay Gap ahead of national average
Verastar has seen a further drop in its median gender pay gap result to 3.3% from last year’s figure of 4.2%, far below the national average of 14.3%.
How we gave back in 2023!
We’re very proud of our Giving Back Movement here at Verastar. Our colleagues are passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. In 2023, collectively, we’ve raised £5k for local charities in 2023 alone, which equals £10k in donations with our Matched Funding pledge. Many of our colleagues also took […]
Working Wardrobe partners with Verastar to boost opportunities
Colleagues from Verastar have donated dozens of formal outfits to Working Wardrobe – a service that provides tailored outfits and workwear for unemployed people across Greater Manchester who need to get ready for an interview or a job start.
Our locations
Verastar has offices in a number of locations across the UK.
Dovecote, Sale
Cubo, Manchester City Centre
Wellington Place, Leeds
Rutherglen, Glasgow
We also have other offices in the following locations:
Grimsby
Rutherglen, Glasgow
