Internet provider Zen is claiming, based on a survey of SME employees, that poor-quality internet is behind the UK’s stagnant labour productivity.
Continue ReadingKCOM to Expand Full Fibre Network to East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband
Hull’s broadband network will invest £100 million to extend full fibre connections into new parts of East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Continue ReadingGnERGY Could Lose Licence Over Renewables Obligation Debt
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Ofgem has issued energy supplier GnERGY with a notice of failure for not complying with a final order to pay its debt to…
Continue ReadingVirgin to Upgrade 1 Million Customers to 108 Mbps Broadband for Free
Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband
One million subscribers to Virgin Media’s slowest internet package will see their broadband speed double overnight, as the cable ISP rolls out a…
Continue ReadingAll New Homes in Scotland to be Powered by Renewable Energy By 2024
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
The Scottish government will spend £30 million to ensure all new build homes use renewable energy and low carbon heating.
Continue ReadingMore Than Half of Britons Have Been Climate Shamed
Written by Lauren Smith in Climate Change Environment
Snide comments under Instagram snaps of jet set holidays. Sly remarks about your carnivorous diet. Raised eyebrows when your meal’s packaging doesn’t end…
Continue ReadingSome British Gas Customers Struggling to Top Up as the Supplier Ditches Paypoint for Payzone
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Some British Gas customers with prepayment meters were baffled when they couldn’t top up at their usual corner shops and newsagents this week.
Continue ReadingThe high cost of business energy bills is weighing on retailers’ minds and balances sheets as we enter 2020.
Continue ReadingThe energy regulator will cap the returns electricity networks are allowed to deliver to investors from 2023, in an effort to bring down…
Continue ReadingTwo Big Six energy suppliers are pulling out of the energy industry’s main trade association, citing high membership fees.
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