Energy firm E.On has announced it is closing a call centre and cutting 450 jobs across the UK. The company said it would close its call centre in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, with the loss of about 40 jobs. The majority of the other redundancies would be at two offices in Coventry, two offices near Nottingham and… Continue Reading »
Read More →British Energy has restarted three nuclear reactors over the last three days, including one that had been closed for repairs since 2007, a company spokeswoman said on Monday. The 605-megawatt Hartlepool 1 reactor in northeast England was restarted on Sunday, a day after the 625-MW Heysham 2-8 reactor in northwest England was restarted. “Hartlepool came… Continue Reading »
Read More →British Gas has said that more than seven million households will benefit after it cut its standard tariff gas prices by 10%. The move, which comes into force on 19 February, will trim £84 from the average annual gas bill, it added. But observers said that even if rivals followed suit, it was “too little… Continue Reading »
Read More →As freezing temperatures sweep through the nation, has the energy war in Russia left us all out in the cold? And will we be faced with higher energy bills? It was just a glimmer of a hope, but it was a hope all the same. Scottish Power’s recent decision to cut the cost of one… Continue Reading »
Read More →Wholesale prices for energy have eased away from the extreme highs of 2008, raising expectations of price cuts on gas and electricity in the UK. Consumer groups and the government alike have begun calling for a reduction in domestic gas and electricity prices, creating a widely-held belief that such cuts are imminent. Yet while the… Continue Reading »
Read More →British gas prices jumped on Thursday on fears Russian gas supplies to Europe will not resume for some time and rumours of Norwegian production problems, but eased back a little later when Norwegian exports rose again. Gas for Friday rose to a high of 72 pence per therm, up more than 12 pence from day-ahead… Continue Reading »
Read More →Domestic energy prices unlikely to fall until autumn… January 2009: One of the UK’s largest independent energy consultants says hopes of energy cuts this spring are now fading and any anticipated cuts are likely to be delayed until autumn. With the country descending into a cold snap millions of households will endure a winter of… Continue Reading »
Read More →Demand in Britain has risen due to freezing conditions, but traders switched from importing to exporting gas as many continental European countries run short because of the row between Russia and Ukraine. The move means Britons are likely to be denied long-awaited cuts in fuel prices. The wholesale cost of gas has increased by 26… Continue Reading »
Read More →Twelve European countries are now without any gas from Russia after Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic announced this morning that their supplies had halted altogether. Slovakia declared a state of energy emergency. The three join Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey as the effects of Moscow’s bitter row with Ukraine… Continue Reading »
Read More →Gas and electricity firm chiefs were today told, Cut your prices now. The calls for immediate cuts came as the credit crunch and the big freeze tightened their grip on the Fylde coast. Wholesale oil prices are falling but so far Scottish Power is the only one of the so-called “Big Six” energy providers to… Continue Reading »
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