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uSwitch.com: Utilita 12 month energy contract
Tim Wolfenden, Head of Home Services at comparison and switching service uSwitch.com comments on Utilita’s move to offer a long term (12 month) energy contract:
Your statutory rights are not affected – but just what are they?
Which? is launching a shoppers’ rights campaign today in London’s Carnaby Street after discovering how few people know their statutory rights.
Mobile switchers reap savings
It’s official – the Mobile is King. Industry regulator Ofcom has confirmed that more UK households rely solely on their mobile phone than they do on their landline and, for the first time, the time spent on a mobile phone call (82 billion minutes) accounts for over one third of the time spent on all calls (234 billion minutes).
£2.1 billion to be spent on “renewals” in September
Homeowners will spend over half a million hours in September shopping around for their next mortgage deal, according to new research from Abbey Mortgages.
Capped mobile roaming charges finally come into play
A lucky few will finally be able to benefit from the new Eurotariff, making calls abroad from a mobile phone cheaper. MEPs first backed plans to cap roaming charges back in May and operators have since faced stringent regulations requiring them to offer cheaper tariffs to their customers.
moneysupermarket.com: 3’s EU capped roaming tariff
Commenting on 3’s introduction of the new EU capped roaming tariff, Rob Barnes head of mobiles at moneysupermarket.com said: “It is no surprise 3 is the only network to offer roaming charges significantly below the cap set by the EU.
Mobile charges to local and national rate numbers
Commenting on mobile providers charging people for calls to local and national rate number such as 0870 and 0845, Rob Barnes, head of mobiles at moneysupermarket.com, said: “02 is the last of the “big six” mobile providers to charge customers for calls to these numbers.
UK students squeezed by mobile phone deals
UK students are being conned out of £20 million every month by unsuitable mobile phone packages, according to new research.
Parents find school costs difficult to meet
Three out of four parents and guardians find meeting their child’s school costs ‘very’ or ‘quite’ difficult, according to a new survey from national charity Citizens Advice.
Shedding some light on energy for new students
Around half a million students will be heading off to university this year. For many this will mean living away from home for the first time and facing the reality of paying household bills while on a very tight budget.
Market volatilty hasn’t crunched consumer confidence
Turbulent markets have failed to rock consumer confidence and may even have prompted a turn in optimism over interest rates, according to the latest Consumer Barometer from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.
Free parcel service to frontline troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Royal Mail’s free parcel service to frontline troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will be available from the UK’s 14,200 Post Office branches from Monday 3 September.
‘Terminal boredom buying’ costs UK holidaymakers £250m
UK holidaymakers wasted over a quarter of a billion pounds in foreign airports this summer using up leftover currency, according to a study released by Post Office Travel Services.
Brits failing to bank a holiday
Over 17 million people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will find themselves working this bank holiday even though they technically have the day off, according to first direct, the bank that never holidays.
npower launches new online tariff
npower has launched ‘Sign Online 8’, it’s latest online energy tariff. Karen Darby, founder of SimplySwitch.com, the price comparison and switching service, comments: “This tariff is highly competitive, so it’s great for competition in the energy sector.