Finance and investment

Unison eyes ‘big six’ for nationalisation to create ‘green army’

Unison has called for the retail arms of the “big six” energy firms to be nationalised to “significantly boost” the UK’s bid to become carbon neutral by 2050.

XR ‘does not understand’ scale of decarbonisation challenge

Renewables and networks safer bets than retailers

Engie buys EV charging network operator

Tripling onshore wind capacity could cut energy bills by £50

Shell Energy pays for overcharging price cap customers

SSE proposes to close Fiddler’s Ferry power station

Almost half of customers switched supplier in four years

UK to ‘eradicate’ net contribution to climate change by 2050

Unions halt strike action following pay dispute at Drax

Everflow announces business expansion into Warwickshire

Northeast-based water retailer, Everflow Water, has announced the expansion of its business operations with the opening of a new office in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Thames Water receives fine for drinking water offences

Thames Water was fined £160,000 at Stratford Magistrates’ Court today (10 June) for water quality offences which occurred at Coppermills water treatment works in Walthamstow, London in 2017.

BES Utilities secures £600m contract to supply public sector

CMA provisionally approves PPM cap methodology change

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made a provisional decision to adopt Ofgem’s default tariff cap methodology (DTC) in calculating the prepayment meter cap.

The role of hydrogen in the future UK system

We all recognise that we need to make major changes in the way we produce,