2nd Jun 2023
This post is sponsored by Loop We’ve all felt the impact of rising energy costs. The average household is now paying 30% more for their bills than this time last year, and recent figures show the number of adults struggling to pay their bills has soared to nearly 11 million.1 The government’s Energy Bills…
25th May 2023
Energy bills to fall: New Price Cap Announced Typical household energy bills are to fall by around £425. Energy regulator Ofgem has lowered the energy price cap, meaning millions will pay less on their gas and electricity usage. From July 1st, the new price cap will stand at £2,074 – down from £3,280. However, due…
21st Sep 2022
Jack Monroe in one corner, the Don’t Pay campaign in the other… You may have heard various leftfield approaches to rising bills in the UK, from advisors on TV to radicals online advising you what to do (or not do) in the face of huge energy bills. Can you simply refuse to pay? Or can…
11th Aug 2022
A TikTok influencer has given his followers a great hack which could save them almost £300 a year on their energy bills. It is simple too – by making just one change in your home, you could make some great savings – around £268 in savings, in fact. User @_mikeslife talks all about finance and…
11th Aug 2022
Our energy bills seem to be going up every day! But I know a heating engineer who has some easy tweaks you can make to your heating system – and to your home – that will cut your bill by hundreds, or even thousands, over the year. Harland Guscott runs Guscott Heating in Kent and…
5th Aug 2022
Save money on energy bills. We are all more than aware that energy bills are rising drastically across the country, and UK residents are looking for ways to keep their costs down. Did you know there is a button on your boiler that can save money on your bill? Most boilers, like other appliances, have different…
27th Oct 2017
A smart meter can reduce your energy bills, mainly by showing you how much energy you are using, when and even where you are using it in the house! The UK government plans to install smart meters in all households by 2020. The nationwide roll-out has already started and we’re soon to get the second…
28th Feb 2023
The energy price cap has fallen – why are my bills rising? Energy prices have been at the forefront of most people’s minds for the last year or so, with bills soaring and the cost of living reaching a 40-year high. So, it definitely brings some relief to learn the energy price cap has lowered. …
12th Apr 2022
MoneyMagpie have co-authored the energy savers report as part of a bid to help people during the current energy crisis. By explaining people’s energy habits, we hope that it helps them then understand how they consume and what the best measures to take are. With the price cap coming into effect this month, three quarters…
20th Mar 2023
Energy regulator Ofgem recently announced its quarterly update to the energy price cap for the period 1 April – 30 June 2023. From 1 April, the energy price cap will be set at an annual level of £3,280 for a dual fuel household paying by direct debit based on typical consumption, a reduction of almost…
17th Mar 2023
This is a paid post on behalf of ivie Thinking about how much energy we’re using has become part of our daily lives. Before April, most people would maybe only contemplate the cost of living when they looked at their energy bill or gave a meter reading. Even then, not many of us had to…
1st Mar 2023
900,000 more households to receive energy bill support. Almost one million households across England, Scotland and Wales will benefit from the government’s £400 help with energy bills. An online application portal opened on Monday. This allows households without a direct relationship to an electricity supplier, such as those living in park homes or care homes,…