Young Portsmouth FC stars visit Gosport's Utilita to mark sponsorship renewal

Utilita, a pay-as-you-go company that was founded in 2007, has renewed its partnership with Pompey Academy and will continue to have their logo appear on the front of the under-18 side’s shirts.

It builds on the partnership between Portsmouth Football Club and the energy supplier, which also sponsors the Fratton End and Pompey Women.

Players Charlie Bell, Harvey Rew and Harry Anderson visited the firm’s shop in High Street, Gosport to mark the sponsorship renewal.

Jem Maidment, Utilita’s chief marketing officer, said: ‘Clubs such as Pompey have a terrific understanding of the importance of engaging with the community – we really appreciate the academy and the club’s support in attending Utilita’s Gosport Energy Hub.

‘To be giving our continued backing to the academy for another two seasons demonstrates Utilita’s belief in promoting youth football and why, more than ever, there is a need to support the stars of tomorrow.’Pompey’s chief commercial officer Anna Mitchell added: ‘Utilita have been proud partners of the club for a number of seasons now and we are delighted that they are continuing their support of our academy, which helps develop stars of the future.‘The club has a great partnership with Utilita, who not only power Fratton Park, but also support the women’s team, academy and sponsor the Fratton End – and we are delighted to be strengthening the partnership further.’Utilita has supported the young Blues for more than four years – launched its #EnergyHigh5 campaign at the start of the year.

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This is designed to educate the nation on how every household can waste less energy and save money by making five simple and free-of-charge adjustments to the way we use energy at home.

The company was set up by managing director Bill Bullen, a conservationist who wanted to create an energy company that helped households consume less energy, and pay less.

It has more than 750,000 customers today, across the UK.

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