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Inefficient Office Buildings Increase Companies’ Energy Bills by More than £60 Million a Year

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Environment

Energy wasted in office buildings across five British cities is adding £60 million to companies’ energy bills each year, according to a report…

Jan27

British Gas Launches a Green Tariff

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

The UK’s largest energy supplier is launching a new tariff it claims is one of the greenest on the market.

Jan24

CityFibre and Vodafone Extend Gigabit Broadband to Southend-on-Sea

Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband

Alternative network provider CityFibre and partner Vodafone have switched on 1Gbps-capable broadband in the Essex town of Southend-on-Sea.

Jan23

Bulb Reaches 1.6 Million Customers But Loses £129m

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Renewable challenger Bulb’s net losses have risen to £129 million, as customer rolls and revenues have surged.

Jan22

Record Number of Customers Switched Energy Supplier Last Year

Written by Fergus Cole in Energy Suppliers

Almost 6.4 million energy switches took place in 2019, the highest number on record, according to Energy UK.

Jan22

Hinkley Point B Has Now Generated More Electricity Than Any Other UK Nuclear Power Station

Written by Lauren Smith in Nuclear Energy

Hinkley Point B nuclear power station has now generated more than 300TWh of low carbon electricity since coming online in 1976.

Jan21

May’s Price Cap Has Failed to End Energy Rip Offs, Tory MP Says

Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy

The energy price cap introduced under Theresa May has failed to protect consumers from rip-off tariffs because it uses the wrong kind of…

Jan20

Octopus Energy Trims Price of Its Standard Variable Tariff by £80

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Renewable supplier Octopus Energy is trimming the cost of its standard variable tariff by 2%.

Jan17

Community Fibre Rolls Out Gigabit Broadband to 100,000 London Premises

Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband

Full fibre ISP Community Fibre has now linked 100,000 London properties, most of them on social housing estates, to gigabit broadband.

Jan16

Almost Half of UK Farmers Struggle with Slow Broadband

Written by Fergus Cole in Broadband

More than four in ten farmers in the UK don’t have access to adequate broadband speeds, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU).

Inefficient Office Buildings Increase Companies’ Energy Bills by More than £60 Million a Year

British Gas Launches a Green Tariff

CityFibre and Vodafone Extend Gigabit Broadband to Southend-on-Sea

Bulb Reaches 1.6 Million Customers But Loses £129m

Record Number of Customers Switched Energy Supplier Last Year

Hinkley Point B Has Now Generated More Electricity Than Any Other UK Nuclear Power Station

May’s Price Cap Has Failed to End Energy Rip Offs, Tory MP Says

Octopus Energy Trims Price of Its Standard Variable Tariff by £80

Community Fibre Rolls Out Gigabit Broadband to 100,000 London Premises

Almost Half of UK Farmers Struggle with Slow Broadband

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