Household Bills
Parents spend scary sums on treats this Halloween
British parents will dish out £200 million entertaining their children this Halloween according to a new study from Egg, the internet bank.
Windfall for East Midlands as average energy bills drop below £900
Gareth Kloet, head of energy at Confused.com says "Scottish Power's Online Energy Saver 7, as well as being competitive, is also unique in offering customers cash back at yearly reassessment if they are found to be in credit.
ScottishPower fights back against small suppliers
One of the big six energy companies today staged a comeback against the challenge being presented by small suppliers OVO and First:Utility.
Price cut from Scottish Power
Commenting on today's price cut from Scottish Power, Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com said: "Scottish Power has certainly laid down the gauntlet today by undercutting its 'Big Six' rivals in the UK energy market with their Online Energy Saver 7 tariff.
Forgetting to turn your clocks back could cost
RSA, the UK's first carbon neutral insurer, is warning businesses and households to check and reset the timers on their heating and other equipment this weekend when the clocks are turned back. The extra hour in bed could cause people to forget to turn off the heating or simply to reset it to a new time.
OVO Energy reduces cost of dual fuel fixed price online tariff
Commenting on OVO Energy reducing the cost of its dual fuel fixed price online tariff, Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com said: "OVO Energy becomes the latest provider to join the price war with a cut on its dual fuel fixed price online offering - ‘The New Energy Plan'.
Throw-away Brits miss out on benefits of mobile recycling
New research from moneysupermarket.com shows 5.25 million mobile phones are thrown away each year despite the fact they are extremely hazardous to the environment if discarded.
Finding the energy to switch
With a rise in energy prices imminent, fuel bills are front of mind for the majority of UK households, but new research shows that over half (51 per cent) of UK households have not yet thought of switching their energy supplier, suggesting complacency is putting a drain on the nation’s finances.
Clocking up higher energy bills
Darker evenings and cold weather will mean higher energy bills for many UK residents after the clocks go back on Sunday 25 October.
OVO energy undercutting opposition
Gareth Kloet, head of energy at Confused.com, said: "Bravo for OVO! This is exactly what households have been waiting for. This new tariff undercuts its nearest competitor First:Utility by an average of £33 per year.
OVO now cheapest energy supplier
Small energy suppliers are challenging their bigger rivals and beating them on price yet again, says uSwitch.com.
Smaller broadband providers up speed war ante
Michael Phillips, product director, Broadbandchoices.co.uk said: "Today's announcement by Plusnet of its new ‘up to' 20Mb speed broadband service follows hot on the heels of Orange and Zen Internet.
Ofcom grants Freedom4 licence variation for mobility
Freedom4, the joint investment between Daisy Group plc and Intel Capital, has been granted a licence variation by Ofcom that enables it to offer mobile wireless broadband services to its customers using its nationwide 3.6GHz spectrum.
Orange introduces up to 20MB broadband as standard
Orange has announced that it will be making up to 20 Meg download speeds a standard across all its home broadband packages within the Orange broadband network area as part of a price plan refresh taking place with immediate effect.
moneysupermarket.com: Fuel Poverty Report
Commenting on the seventh annual Fuel Poverty Report from the Department of Energy & Climate Change, Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com said: