Consumers warned over door to door energy sales people

Consumers are being warned to watch out for door to door sales people that call around trying to get them to switch their gas and electricity suppliers. Read more

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Many households could benefit from cut in energy prices

Over the past year many households in the UK have seen their finances take a battering for one reason or another. One of the things that has really impacted on household finances is the rising cost of energy, which soared twice last year. Read more

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Energy prices in UK have risen twice as fast as EU

According to a recently released report the cost of energy usage in the UK has increased twice as fast as in the EU. The figures were released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Read more

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Could energy price cuts be on the way?

A consumer campaign group, Consumer Focus, has indicated that there could be energy price cuts on the way as a result of a fall in the cost of wholesale energy. This comes as a result of one of the major energy suppliers in the UK, Scottish and Southern, stating that it could see prices falling by early 2009 as a result of falling wholesale energy prices. With energy prices having rocketed twice this year any fall in prices will be welcomed by businesses and consumers, many of whom are struggling to keep up with bills. Read more

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Energy bills need to fall in line with oil prices

Officials from a consumer watchdog group have become involved in a row over energy prices, after insisting that the price of energy usage needs to be falling in line with crude oil prices. Since the summer the price of a barrel of crude oil has plummeted by around 50%, but energy prices have gone up twice this year and not come back down. Energy giants have said that the price of wholesale energy is still high, hence the price of usage has not come down. Read more

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Recent revelations from energy satisfaction survey

The big six energy firms in the UK have faced controversy for quite some time, with problems relating to customers service and billing, inaccurate prices, and of course in relation to the huge price hikes enforced, with two rounds of price increases having taken effect over the space of this year. Many households are facing fuel poverty, with officials claiming that since the start of this year gas bills have increased by over 50% and electricity bills by close to 30%. Read more

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Why aren’t the energy firms reducing gas and electricity bills?

Over the past year the UK’s energy giants have increased gas and electricity bills twice, leaving many consumers paying a fortune for their energy usage and resulting in an increased level of fuel poverty amongst UK households. Many are concerned that energy companies are very quick to increase energy prices when oil prices and wholesale energy prices rise but when prices fall they are slow to pass on any price cuts. Read more

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Saving money on energy bills

Over recent months the cost of heating has soared, and this is the result of energy companies hiking up the cost of energy usage twice since the start of this year. Households, many of which are already cash-strapped, have found that they can barely afford to make ends meet as a result of the various rises in bills and living costs. All of the major energy firms have now increased the cost of energy usage, and this move is set to plunge many people into fuel poverty. Read more

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Energy prices continue to put strain on finances

Over recent months being in charge of the household finances has become an unenviable task, as most households have found that their budgets have been overstretched, making it very difficult to make ends meet. A number of factors have contributed to these financial difficulties, such as rising borrowing costs, tighter credit conditions, soaring petrol prices, rocketing food prices, and increasing bills. And, as has been the case quite often over the past few years, it is energy bills that are causing major problems when it comes to most household budgets. Read more

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Inflation at 4.7%

Recent figures have shown that inflation levels in the UK have soared even further out of control, rising from 4.4% to 4.7% for August. The government target for inflation is just 2% so the current rate of inflation is way beyond the target. The jump to 4.7% was higher than many industry officials had anticipated, according to recent reports. There is also speculation over how far inflation will keep on rising, with some senior officials predicting that it will hit 5% or beyond by the end of the year. Read more

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All big six energy firms have now increased prices

Earlier this year the UK’s big six energy firms increased the cost of gas and electricity usage, stating that the rising cost of wholesale energy was forcing them to increase costs for customers. With household budgets already suffering the rises came as a blow to many. However, the situation was made worse by the fact that soon after energy firms announced that prices would have to go up again in late summer or autumn, again due to wholesale energy costs. Read more

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