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The brand news Consumer Insight Tracker survey by Which? has revealed some rather disturbing facts regarding the consumers’ level of trust in the energy industry, with roughly 60% of all people who answered the questionnaire saying that they don’t trust energy firms at all.

Although it’s currently under scrutiny by the British Government and a prime target for cut backs, the ECO scheme is actually responsible for the most installations of energy-saving measures in UK homes, figures from the DECC’s Domestic Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation in Great Britain, Monthly report have revealed.

Schemes designed to help bolster energy efficiency levels across Britain’s housing stock are failing, despite their £8.4bn price-tag, a report by Which? has revealed.

The UK government has pledged its support for a series of proposals designed to reduce the overall energy bills by around £50 a year in an effort to offset the ever-rising energy costs, multiple media sources are reporting today.

Despite being quite a sensitive topic lately, the truth of the matter is that UK energy bills are regularly among the lowest in the whole of the European Union, according to the Finnish energy consultancy VaasaETT.

Housing expenses overtook transport as the biggest part of household spending in 2012, with the rise in the overall costs of energy being the most important culprit for the rise, figures from a new report by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) have revealed.

Energy efficient buildings in the US use eight times more gas, five times more electricity and four times more oil than the most-efficient ones during the winter months, a new survey reveals.

Close to 614,000 people swapped supplier in the UK in November, the highest number of people switching since 2010, a new report from data company Electralink has recently revealed.

Better energy price offerings and enhanced customer support are some of the few available solutions smaller energy suppliers can use against the Big Six group, and for this reason, First Utility has decided to sign an energy-buying deal with Shell that it hopes will deliver cheaper bills, a media news r

E.ON is the latest of the “Big Six” energy suppliers to push up prices for their customers, although to a significantly lower extent than its competitors, a media news report has revealed.

As part of his Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne revealed an extensive set of measures designed to reduce energy bills while boosting Britain’s fracking industry, a media

Following the Government’s announcement regarding a change of policy that would lead to consumers saving around 50 pounds on their dual fuel annual bills, the UK’s Energy major energy suppliers have already announce plans to pass on all of these savings directly to their customers, a news report in the media has revealed.