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Switching has leapfrogged customer service as the second most frequent complaint about energy suppliers to
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More than 600,000 customers switched their electricity supplier over the course of March, according to the latest figures from Energy UK.
The mystery buyer of Labrador has now been revealed. Last week Jane Lucy, founder of Labrador, told Utility Week that the business would have gone under had it not been acquired.
A government report has revealed large discrepancies between theoretical levels of energy being used in British households and actual consumption rates.
Automated switching service Look After My Bills, which featured on BBC’s Dragons Den, has announced it has reached 130,000 customers.
Several failed energy retailers have exited the market owing the Energy Ombudsman money, meaning customers who filed a complaint are unable to receive redress.
A “significant funding injection” has resulted in the accounts for challenger supplier Tonik Energy being listed as “overdue” on the Companies House website.
Petrie will remain with Engie, which employs 17,000 people in the UK, to take up a new position on the group’s Paris-based executive committee where he will also lead the development of the B2B client solutions business in France.
Industry experts have said it is “highly likely” that URE Energy ceased trading in December last year after failing to pay it renewables obligation certificates (ROCs).
The green energy start-up is attempting to raise £750,000 in return for a 23.21 per cent stake in the company.
Technology firm Verv has announced it has raised over £6.5 million in its series A funding round led by environmental fund Earthworm.
Business energy supplier BES Utilities has announced it is cutting electricity bills for its customers due to a fall in wholesale costs.
A number of industry voices have welcomed news that energy regulator Ofgem will roll out tougher market entry tests from June.
Tougher entry tests for energy suppliers entering the market will be rolled out from June to drive up standards for customers and reduce the risk of supplier failure.
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Several switching companies have confirmed to Utility Week they have not acquired Labrador, which was sold last Friday (5 April).
More than two-thirds would of u rather receive their bills digitally than by traditional means.
A fall in wholesale energy costs is indicating the price cap will decrease from 1