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Bulb named in LinkedIn’s ‘top 25’ startups in UK

Green energy supplier Bulb has featured in LinkedIn’s UK “Top Startups” list for 2018, the only utility company to do so.

7 years ago

Labrador announces contract with FCC Paragon

7 years ago

Philip Hammond calls for review of utility regulation

7 years ago

Good Energy wins Blenheim Palace contract

7 years ago

Energy switching figures ‘on track’ to break 2017 record

Almost 1.5 million customers switched electricity supplier over the summer months despite the prolonged high temperatures across the UK.

7 years ago

Rising wholesale energy costs cause ‘one price rise a week’

Rising wholesale costs resulted in British energy customers facing on average one price rise a week so far this year, according to research from uSwitch.

7 years ago

Consumer research: Mistrust proves hard to shift

Prices and accusations of profiteering have been the focus of negative media coverage of the

7 years ago

Energy firms respond to Ofgem’s clamp down on complaints

Energy companies under scrutiny from Ofgem following the “poor handling” of complaints have responded to

7 years ago

Small suppliers: survival of the fittest

The five cheapest tariffs identified by Which? offer significant discounts, but how are these suppliers able to undercut the market? And are such tariffs sustainable?

7 years ago

Four energy companies under scrutiny for complaints

The regulator has opened compliance cases into First Utility, Ovo Energy, Utilita and Scottish Power after carrying out its bi-yearly complaints handling survey.

7 years ago

‘Perverse’ price cap outcome could increase bills for poorest

The poorest customers could end up paying more for their energy bills following the introduction of the government’s price cap, Alan Whitehead has warned.

7 years ago

Scottish Power confirms erroneous tariff was listed online

The energy giant said the incorrect details were displayed for approximately 45 minutes, during which time 140 people selected it.

7 years ago

Engie announces white label energy deal with local authority

France-based utility company Engie has signed its first ever white label contract with a local authority in the north west of England.

7 years ago

SSE acquires 100 per cent of Seagreen offshore wind project

SSE has announced it is taking full ownership of the offshore wind projects under development by Seagreen Wind Energy. The move sees the company acquire the other half of shares in the offshore project from Fluor Ltd.

7 years ago

Energy industry must ‘learn time of use tariff lessons’

Research conducted by Citizens Advice has found many customers on legacy time of use energy

7 years ago

Ofgem orders Npower to participate in collective switch trial

The regulator wants the supplier to "cooperate fully" in the trial, which it says could help thousands of customers save hundreds of pounds by switching to a better deal.

7 years ago

Eon announces space project to tackle fuel poverty

Eon has announced it is working with the European Space Agency (ESA) and earth observation specialist Astrosat to use satellite imaging data in a bid to tackle fuel poverty and carbon emissions.

7 years ago

Almost half of Britons ‘secretly heat’ their home, Eon reveals

Research from Eon has found almost half (48 per cent) of people “secretly adjust” the

7 years ago

Letter from the Editor: Crowd-pleasers

Where once there was relative complacency, now it’s survival of the fittest – including how

7 years ago

Pondering all the variables of the energy price cap

It could have been worse. That seemed to be the verdict of the stock market

7 years ago