Customers of British gas to pay more
The biggest supplier of energy in the United Kingdom, British Gas, is getting ready to increase energy prices by at least fifteen per cent. Its customers who number more than sixteen million could start feeling the pinch in weeks to ...
by Tessa Clarke July 10th, 2008
E.ON receives condemnation
An energy firm has received condemnation after a war veteran who had been overbilled attempted suicide. The eighty four year-old war veteran, Walter Bargate, who was attached to the Bomber Command during the Second World War, took one hundred pills following the disconnection of his power. As he underwent recovery it
by George Robinson July 6th, 2008
Electricity more expensive in Wales
In Wales it has been claimed that more than one million homes pay fifteen sterling pounds more for their electricity than the rest of the United Kingdom. As a result Ofgem the energy regulator is now engaged in investigating the ...
by Lynnette Adamson July 6th, 2008
Electricity prices expected to go up
Energy analysts are warning that the cost of electricity and gas could go up by as much as forty per cent before the year comes to an end. This translates to mean that the average household could end up incurring up ...
by Samantha Donovan June 20th, 2008
Electricity use rises in Ireland
Homes in Ireland utilise close to thirty per cent more electricity than households in the rest of the European Union and twenty per cent more than households in the United Kingdom. Also the carbon dioxide emissions are double what the rest of the European Union emits. This is as per
by Kelsie Morgan June 18th, 2008
Power bills to rise fuelling inflation
Energy suppliers in the United Kingdom are expected to increase the prices of electricity and natural gas for the coming twenty four months leading to a rise in inflation. This is what has been indicated by futures trading. As per Spectron ...
by Jason Drew June 6th, 2008
Consumer Price Index Annual Inflation
Higher energy and food costs are some of the causes of the Consumer Price Index annual inflation in the United Kingdom. In April it was up to 3 percent while in March (just a month earlier) it was at 2.5 ...
by Samantha Donovan May 15th, 2008
