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The bout of cold weather that affected the whole of the UK for the past few days led to a serious increase in terms of energy consumption, as a very large number of people were not able to cope with the lower temperatures and turned off their central heating systems.

Centrica-owned British Gas, one of the UK’s most important energy suppliers, is likely to hit its 12 million customers with an estimated 8 percent price rise over the next few weeks, multiple media news sources have revealed.

A survey by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) of their 10,000 members has revealed that more than 50% of the smaller construction companies believe that the government should introduce a strict set of regulations and incentives to make sure home improvements and extensions are energy efficient.

A new survey by Circle Housing Group claims that one in five adults took out a loan in the past 12 months, with around 17% doing so in order to cover their energy bills.

Scotland’s Green Homes Cashback scheme has just been extended to cover social housing, following a grant from the Scottish government amounting to 1 million pounds, a news report has revealed.

The new fuel tarrifs set to be introduced by energy suppliers as of next week will have a negative effect on the vulnerable customers’ finances and effectively drive them into fuel poverty, a charity has warned.

In a bid to provide some much-needed relief to its customers energy supplier First Utility has revealed plans to freeze gas and electricity prices on all its tarrifs until March 2014.

A new energy hotline has been set up in order to provide Scottish home owners with detailed information regarding energy efficiency home improvements such as insulation, boilers or central heating, a news release on the matter has revealed.

The rest of the UK’s major energy suppliers are also likely to operate price rises following SSE’s announcement, consumer groups have predicted.

Following SSE’s price hike announcement, which is likely to be followed by similar bad news from the rest of the Big Six energy suppliers, industry experts are now asking for more transparency regarding the breakdown of energy costs, a media

The Welsh Government has set aside a £70m fund designed to convince energy-efficiency companies to carry out improvement works in Wales rather than elsewhere, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

British Gas, one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers, has just revealed plans to increase prices for its estimated 8 million domestic customers, with a dual-fuel bills going up by 9.2% from 23 November.