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Bulb, Everflow, Octopus among fastest growing European companies

Bulb has been ranked topped of the fastest growing businesses in Europe with Everflow coming in at third and Octopus at 26th on the Financial Times' list.

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How to market a ‘mundane commodity’

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Government pledges to improve GHG

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Fuel poverty figures underline lack of provision in Budget

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Does diversity drive productivity?

Date: 19/03/2021 11:00 am

How utilities can stay ahead of change

Amanda Jessop of Paragon Customer Communications discusses the enabling technologies and strategies helping organisations seamlessly navigate the complexities of customer communications in the modern market.

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Octopus offers batteries to power wifi during smart installs

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Energy retail will not be covered by National Security Bill

Energy suppliers have been excluded from a new government requirement for takeovers of UK companies to be subject to national security vetting.

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Suppliers pay out £10m after overcharging 1m customers

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Future home energy market should learn lessons from the smart rollout

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Weekend press round-up: Energy companies set for price battle

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, there is continued speculation of appeals to Ofgem’s RIIO2 final determinations by gas and transmission companies. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund is reported to be considering selling its stake in Thames Water. There is also coverage of government plans to force energy retailers to switch customers on to lower tariffs.

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‘We can’t afford another wasted decade on energy efficiency’

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Octopus Energy reaches 2m customer milestone

Octopus Energy has awarded a year’s supply of free energy to its 2 millionth customer. Chief executive Greg Jackson talks to Utility Week about the milestone and how he took inspiration from the comic Whizzer & Chips to celebrate it.

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Npower shuts down app after data breach

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Centrica’s 2045 net zero target shows the ‘tide is turning’

Centrica’s aim to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2045 show the “tide is turning” for energy businesses, an industry observer has said. Alongside the company's latest financial update were plans for the business to achieve net zero emissions five years ahead of the UK’s national target.

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Green Homes Grant: A tale of two opportunities

Eon UK chief executive Michael Lewis outlines his thoughts on the progress of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Lewis believes more funding for the scheme's Local Authority Delivery (LAD) element could help with delivering further demand. Elsewhere Lewis discusses Eon's own response to the scheme, revealing that the company is creating more jobs to manage the thousands of LAD projects it has secured.

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Centrica targets net zero by 2045; reports £360m loss

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Disabled people ‘forgo meals’ to save energy in pandemic

A charity has revealed the extent of the impact the pandemic has had on people with disabilities, with some forgoing meals in order to save energy. Scope, a disability equality charity, conducted an Opinium survey of more than 1,000 disabled people and has released the results in a report titled Covid-19, energy suppliers and their disabled customers.

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Cadent Foundation funds ‘green doctors’ with £3m grant

A grant of £3 million is being awarded by the Cadent Foundation to fund ‘green doctors’, energy efficiency experts who will support fuel poor customers. The grant will support the expansion of community action charity Groundwork's green doctors programme, part of a new three-year strategic partnership with the foundation which is funded by the gas network operator. 

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Firms should ‘embed fair treatment’ of vulnerable customers

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