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If you, like me, are looking for energy-saving ideas to limit the effects of recent energy price hikes this coming winter, then an article I spotted by John King on www.boilerjuice.com might provide some timely answers. The recommendations of the Citizens Advice Bureau are sensible enough, but the bit that caught my eye was the [...]

Well done to The Gas Safety Trust for highlighting the shocking lack of public awareness about the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. They funded a pilot study by Warwick University and discovered that 47 per cent of those interviewed did not know the telephone number for the emergency services and only 1 in 10 [...]

The week beginning 10th September and ending 16th September is Gas Safety Week, and a number of boiler companies and industry bodies are getting behind the initiative to ensure that their customers are fully informed of the need for gas safety.   Energy suppliers such as British Gas, consumer groups such as Which? and boiler [...]

British Gas has announced that it will be offering free loft insulation to homeowners, regardless of their energy supplier, until 30th November. The latest move is in a bid to hit the carbon emissions reduction target (Cert) of 31st December.   Energy suppliers need to hit these targets by the end of the year to [...]

Unlike England, who this year announced there would be no more scrappage schemes for the foreseeable future, Northern Ireland has just started a boiler replacement scheme. Nelson McCausland, Minister for Social Development, officially opened the scheme and announced the £12 million funding that is backing it. The money comes from the Northern Ireland executive, and [...]

The energy supplier SSE, one of the “big six energy suppliers”, announced at the end of August that it will be increasing its gas and electricity prices by 9%. Once again homeowners are looking at a price increase when it comes to their fuel bills, and SSE is just one of many who are increasing [...]