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Consumers look to make green the colour of their money
The political desire to tackle climate change is being matched by consumers according to a recent study by Co-operative Financial Services (CFS).
Inflation for elderly at more than double government’s target
While the official headline rate of inflation has increased by 0.1% to 2.8%, the impact of price increases on homes run by the elderly has been more severe than official figures suggest.
Inflation rises in February to 2.8%
CPI annual inflation – the Government's target measure – was 2.8 per cent in February, up from 2.7 per cent in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Switch with Which? Energy-efficient household products
If consumers are to take energy efficiency of appliances seriously, they should also consider whether their electricity supply is green.
Spring clean your finances and save £5,000 in a year
With bank holidays around the corner, many people will be busily contemplating their next home improvements and how to fund them.
Soaring energy bills plunge households into fuel poverty
Over 1.7M new households have been plunged into fuel poverty in the last two years and are struggling to cope with escalating electricity and gas bills, a major new report has revealed.
Brits not switched on to digital switchover
Last week saw two significant announcements in the run up to the nation’s switchover from analogue to digital TV: Ofcom unveiled its latest Digital Progress Report and Digital UK announced the date that the first region would be switched.
Mobile roaming fees set to fall 70% under EU deal
The cost of ringing home from Europe on a mobile phone could be capped at 30p a minute following an ‘agreement in principle’ by EU telecoms ministers.
Prepayment meter charges
Powergen, Scottish Power and npower have been criticised by a group of MPs for back-charging nearly 750,000 customers with prepayment token meters when they ‘underpaid’ after prices went up.
3 comments on EU's renewed pressure to cut roaming charges
3 welcomes the EU’s push to reduce wholesale costs to a more reasonable level as this will mean we can then pass these reductions onto our customers.
Toucan throws down the gauntlet to broadband rivals
Despite promises of ‘unlimited’ broadband, uSwitch.com study reveals that all broadband companies are prepared to disconnect customers considered to be using their broadband ‘to excess’ and calls for calls for an advertising ban on ‘unlimited’ broadband unless it truly has no limit.
moneysupermarket.com: Proposed EU mobile phone roaming charge cap
Commenting on the announcement that Viviane Reding the EU Commissioner for Information, Society and Media, has told mobile phone network operators to reduce roaming charges, Rob Barnes, head of mobile phones at moneysupermarket.com said:
Broadband providers come under fire for (un)Fair Usage Policies
With more than 40% of the UK now signed up to broadband, high speed services with unlimited downloads are becoming increasingly popular.
Put a spring in your step and pounds back in your pocket
With clocks going forward an hour on Sunday (25 March), summer is finally on its way. uSwitch.com, the independent, online switching and comparison service, is urging people to put a spring in their step and pounds back in their pockets by using the longer, brighter days to spring clean their finances and check they are with the most competitive energy supplier.
Job security reaches 18-month high
UK consumers feel more secure in their jobs then they have done for 18 months, according to the Consumer Barometer from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.