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Gas and Electricity Supply When You Move Home

Moving home is one of the most stressful things you can do, so don’t add to your problems by forgetting to sort out your gas and electricity suppliers. You need to make sure that you do not get billed for energy you have not used at either property, so here is a quick guide to [...]

How to Reduce Your Gas and Electricity Bills

One way to reduce your gas and electricity bills is to find a cheaper supplier. There are a number of suppliers competing for your business, and it is worth shopping around. Savings are available, for example with British Gas, whose Dual Fuel price plan for gas and electricity can work out much cheaper, especially if [...]

Different Types of Gas and Electricity Deals

There are many different gas and electricity tariffs on the market. Which ones are available to you will depend on your area and the sort of meter you have in your home. The following are the main types of gas and electricity tariffs you are most likely to come across.
Dual fuel tariffs are when the [...]

Improve your Energy Efficiency

It has never been easier to go green. The costs, time and effort involved are decreasing and the plethora of ways you can reduce your carbon footprint is increasing. The two main ways you can go about doing this are switching to more energy efficient products in your home and looking for alternative sources of [...]

Top Ten Money Saving Ideas

In the current economic climate we are all looking for ways to spend less cash, so here are our top ten money saving tips to help you spend less.
1. Shop around for gas and electricity. Recent cuts in energy prices mean that it is an excellent time to find a better deal. For example, British [...]

Be Energy Conscious

Central heating isn’t exactly an inspiring conversation choice. Nobody even likes thinking about their bills other than to wish for them to disappear. But heating our home is something we all have to do in one way or another and unfortunately we have to pay for it.
However, you can make a few small changes to [...]

Green energy options

The growing global climate threat is encouraging more consumers to switch to green energy suppliers. Changing to a green energy policy means that your electricity is coming from a renewable source. If you’re serious about helping the environment, you may well have to spend more as these green policies tend to be more expensive. However, [...]

Making your central heating system more efficient

Our natural fuel resources, such as oil and gas, are running low, and as a result, heating a household is becoming more expensive with each passing year.
The majority of modern boilers are of the highly efficient ‘condensing’ variety, which use an extra heat exchanging element to conserve heat by capturing the condensation produced by the [...]

Hints and tips for an eco friendly household

With the growing popularity of comparison websites, more consumers are voting with their feet than ever before and choosing to switch energy suppliers to save money on energy bills. But there are other ways to save on your monthly expenses, as well as cutting the negative impact of energy use on our planet. Here we [...]

The new gas safety rules

Did you know that the laws surrounding gas safety have changed? In the UK, when you’re looking for a gas engineer to help you out, it’s no longer Corgi that is the seal of approval, but Gas Safe. If your engineer isn’t on the Gas Safe register, then don’t hire them, it’s as simple as [...]