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The energy market is heading towards a pretty significant shake-up in just a month’s time, when Ofgem’s new rules that will force the six largest suppliers and the largest independent generators to trade fairly with independent suppliers in the wholesale market come into force.

Gas imports are likely to account for 70% of all energy being consumed across the UK, British Gas boss Sam Laidlaw has recently stated.

Business managers are still really worried about their energy bills going nowhere but up over the course of 2014 and 2015, a new survey carried out by an online price comparison website has revealed.

Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon has recently hinted at some form of relief set to be introduced in the next Budget in order to help manufacturing companies reduce their overall energy-related costs, a media news report on this topic can reveal.

Chancellor George Osborne announced a £7bn package to cut energy bills in the Budget, in a bid to help “British families and manufacturers save on their energy bills”, as a news report on this topic has revealed.

Over half a million British home owners have installed various energy saving measures with help from the Government via the Green Deal or Energy Company Obligation (ECO) since the schemes started last year, a recent statement released by the DECC (Department of Energy & Cl

A boarding school in Shaftesbury, Dorset, has decided to implement an extensive set of energy saving measures designed to help it save in excess of £130,000 a year on its energy bills, a news report in the local

A South Cambridgeshire college is set to implement a very ambitious energy saving programme that could see it benefit from an estimated added revenue of £3 million over 15 years, a news report in the local

Businesses based in Bath’s brand new Enterprise Zone will be eligible to have green heating systems installed, including systems powered by energy from waste or recovered heat taken from industry, after the Bath and North Somerset Council received a £95,000 grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

E.ON, one of the UK’s leading energy suppliers, has announced plans to start offering both existing and new customers products without an auto-rollover option as of 31st March 2014, taking an important step towards making energy deals simpler and fairer.

The NHS is one of the UK’s largest energy consumers, spending an overall £750m each year on heating and electricity bills alone, but this figure could be 20% lower should the trusts decide to implement extensive energy-saving measures, a new research report from the Green Investment Bank (GIB)

Energy managers working for the National Health System have come under fire as the Taxpayers’ Alliance branded the NHS’ “green” staff a “waste” of public money.