Tag: firms
UK energy firms facing £50m fines if they fail to meet 'bizarre' heat pump targets
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has called on the Government to significantly ramp up plans to install heat pumps in [...]
Boris warned of cost of living tariff cuts as UK firms urge to ‘stand officials down’
Downing Street has asked the Department for International Trade to assess the impact of cutting base-rate duties meaning duties on goods coming fro [...]
Lord Frost demands Brexit Britain seize sovereignty on national security firms
The former Brexit minister endorsed Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge and Malling and chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, as he urged the [...]
Energy warning as firms 'invent electricity meter readings' and 'adjust' direct debits
TalkRADIO presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer complained over her wildly increased direct debit payments. The presenter accused EDF of ‘inventing’ elect [...]
BP and Shell record mega-profits as firms exploit soaring energy prices
Both gas and oil prices had already been pushed up over winter as supply failed to keep pace with demand bouncing back from the pandemic. Since Rus [...]
End of subscription trap nightmare! Britons to see huge crackdown on hard to leave firms
New proposals, which take aim at subscription 'traps', will also make it “clearly illegal” to pay someone to write or host fake reviews. Powers giv [...]
Energy crisis: Ofgem threatens to fine firms as Britons hit by direct debit hikes
The regulator is reviewing the amount gas and electricity suppliers are increasing direct debits as a result of the huge 54 percent surge in the en [...]
Fury as airport 'meet and greet' firms leave cars trapped in field with no keys
The field where Megan Kelly's car was located (Image: Megan Kelly)Three tourists who flew out of crisis-hit Manchester Airport and booked the parki [...]
Hospitality firms hit by Covid left empty handed, missing out on Government grants
The Treasury announced funding in December to provide a lifeline for businesses in England suffering from mass cancellations and declining footfall [...]
Energy firms feeling the heat as websites crash in meter reading rush
British Gas, EDF, E.On, SSE, So Energy and Octopus Energy were among the companies that went off-line. Experts including Citizens Advice and MoneyS [...]