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T-Mobile brings new benefits to Flext
T-Mobile has announced that Flext, the UK’s original flexible tariff, has been enhanced to provide a comprehensive package of minutes, texts, MMS, calls and texts to selected international numbers, voicemail calls to selected 08 numbers, and unlimited internet access.
Energy price cuts leave a £3.7 billion hole in consumer pockets
Households are being left with a £3.7 billion hole in their pockets despite recent energy price cuts, reveals uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service. Last year, price rises added £4.3 billion in total on to household energy bills.
Blooming marvellous Mother’s Day
Choose your florist carefully if you're buying online for Mother's Day, says which.co.uk, as what you see isn't always what you order.
Huge winter energy bills leave Brits cutting back on basics
More than four in ten of the population (44%) are cutting back on essentials such as food in order to afford their winter energy bills, according to research from Consumer Focus.
PayPal: IMRG Capgemini Sales Index for February 2009
Cameron McLean, PayPal's general manager for UK merchant services, said: "We saw a significant boost in e-commerce payments in the UK at the start of February as a result of the heavy snowfall, which encouraged many people snowed in at home to visit the online high street.
uSwitch.com: npower reduces energy prices
Energy supplier npower has announced that it is cutting prices. The reduction - 8% for electricity - comes into effect on 31st March. It means that the average npower dual fuel bill will drop from £1,291 to £1,256.
Confused.com: npower finally cuts its prices
Gareth Kloet, head of utilities at Confused.com, comments on npower's decision to reduce its electricity prices: "Today's decision by npower to reduce its electricity prices by 7.5%, but to keep gas prices the same, is another case of an energy company acting too little, too late when it comes to cutting prices in the best interest of its customers, says Confused.com.
moneysupermarket.com: npower cuts electricity prices
Commenting on npower cutting electricity prices, Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com, said: "Over seven weeks after the initial announcement from British Gas, npower has made its move as the final of the UK's ‘Big Six' energy giants to cut prices this year - a 7.2 per cent cut to the cost of its electricity effective 31 March 2009.
npower to reduce electricity prices
npower has announced that it is to reduce its electricity prices by 8% from Tuesday 31st March. This means that customers’ electricity bills will come down by £43 on average.
Support Red Nose Day as Brits cutback on charity donations
Today is Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, and as millions prepare to 'Do Something Funny for Money' Fairinvestment.co.uk is urging people to give generously, despite the recession.
Mobile phone recycler calls for industry standards
Regenersis, Europe’s largest mobile phone recycling and reuse provider, is demanding new standards be set for mobile phone recycling across Europe which include the removal of all data from handsets received, a ban on the export of non-working handsets which could end up as waste, and a zero landfill policy.
Brits need help to beat shopping addiction
25% of Brits are addicted to shopping, according to a national survey. Government campaigns help alcoholics, smokers and gamblers but shopping addiction is still viewed as a frivolous pastime, rather than a debilitating compulsion.
Beat the credit crunch, give up smoking this No Smoking Day
Almost two thirds of Brits have noticed their finances being stretched since the credit crunch began - Kick the habit this No Smoking Day (March 11) and beat the recession, says Fairinvestment.co.uk
Brits leave themselves open to online security threats
The internet is an integral part of everyday life in Britain, from banking to shopping, buying music to keeping in touch with friends. Almost all essential services are now available online, yet millions of people fail to adequately protect their accounts or personal information according to new research from moneysupermarket.com.
Keep energy bills ‘real' not ‘guess-timated'
Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com, advises on the best way to manage your energy bills to keep payments accurate and keep you out of debt with your energy provider.