EV charging stations for business
Make your business location a go-to EV charging destination
We provide fit-for-purpose EV charge point solutions that prioritise customer experience and generate additional revenue opportunities, helping retail, leisure and hospitality businesses make a profit from their parking bays as well as their main facilities.
Choose your charging solution
Accommodate and attract EV drivers to your hospitality venue
Whether a hotel, restaurant, or pub, customers and guests increasingly rely on hospitality venues to provide EV chargers for a top up during their visit, or a full charge during an overnight stay.
We help your business cater for this fast-growing market segment and create a valuable new revenue stream, whilst seamlessly integrating charging into the overall hospitality customer journey.
Put EV charging at the centre of the retail and leisure experience
We make it convenient for EV drivers to charge their car when visiting or shopping at your retail or leisure location, allowing your business to seize the many commercial and environmental benefits of EV charging, including attracting new customers and bolstering your brand reputation.
Benefits of EV charging for retail, leisure and
hospitality businesses
Installing EV charging stations at your retail, leisure or hospitality venues can provide a valuable new revenue stream and give you a genuine advantage over your competitors.
Generate revenue
EV chargers create a regular and reliable new income stream
Boost footfall
Attract and retain high-value repeat customers
Offer convenience
Allow customers to pre-book to seamlessly integrate car charging into the overall customer experience
Future proof
Meet growing demand for EV charge point, whilst supporting your environmental goals and low-carbon ambitions
Increase dwell time
Customers are encouraged to stay longer and spend more at your location whilst charging their car, improving your revenue per customer
Create loyalty
Tie charging into your loyalty and rewards schemes to further incentivise return visits
Unsure about where to start?
When deciding whether to implement EV charging facilities across your site(s), knowing exactly how and where to start can often be a blocker. As your dedicated EV and electrical infrastructure partner, SMS makes the whole process simple, helping you plan, deploy and optimise a successful project from start to finish.
We take charge, so you can sit back
Independent of all hardware manufacturers, we use best fit technologies to match your needs and build an accessible and profitable charging network – with every step of the process managed and delivered by us.
Engagement
Site assessment and future proofing analysis
Mobilisation
Performance-related project plan agreed
Design
Design site infrastructure and installation specifications
Delivery
Full siteworks, commissioning and platform integration
Operation
Including quality assurance, site marketing, and EV driver navigation services
Working with SMS
We’ve been helping leading brands in the retail and hospitality sectors with their energy infrastructure requirements for more than a decade, including advising on and delivering the adoption of low-carbon technologies that improve both business efficiency and customer experience. Our engineering expertise, agile approach to technology, and tailored solutions is why our customers are today choosing us to help them navigate the infrastructural challenges and growth opportunities of EV chargepoints.
Partnership options
A London-listed business with over 25 years heritage in the energy market, SMS is a technical and commercial partner you can trust. We work with your business across a range of secure, reliable and long-term commercial partnership agreements, including:
Funded
- Host our chargers on your site
- Share % of all revenues generated
- Zero investment or management required by you
Lease
- Receive an annual fixed income
- Guarantee a long-term revenue stream
- Installation & maintenance included in agreement
Own
- We install the charge points, you own and manage them
- Operation & maintenance support provided, if required