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Support Your Local Leading Independent Electricity Supplier It seems that less and less consumers feel as strongly as they once did about supporting their local stores, fearing that the national supermarket chains are becoming all too powerful and could eventually dictate what and where we buy Especially during the current credit crunch, selecting outlets where the cheapest items can be found means people are literally putting their money where their mouths are and this is most likely to be in the national chains who can still command the cheapest prices Small Businesses Doing Little to Save Themselves From "Fuel Poverty" An independent survey commissioned by Electricity4Business, an electricity supplier targeting small and medium-sized enterprises, has found that despite fuel prices doubling in the past year, businesses are doing little to cut their energy bills With energy prices on the rise month on month for the past 22 months and wholesale costs now double what they were last year, households and businesses are paying more than ever for gas and electricity 'Windfall Levy Won't Fix A Broken Market' Claim E4B The UK government is showing increasing irritation with the big six energy suppliers who have recently announced excessive annual profits, seemingly at the expense of the poorest sectors of the population With some 4 Parliament Finally Agrees To Scrutinise Anti-Competitive Structures And Practices Of The UK Energy Market Parliament has finally woken up to the reality that never in the history of the British Isles has so much been taken from so many by so few in the UK energy market The few in this case are the big 6 electricity and gas suppliers who have sheepishly raised their prices since January by on average 15% - although Scottish and Southern Energy has once again agreed to delay any rise until the spring, no doubt smarting from its rise in market share following a similar strategy last year How Small And Mid-Sized Businesses Can Save, Save, Save Saving more money on your business’s electricity is possible by switching to an alternative electricity supplier and avoiding high renewal prices whilst improving your energy efficiency The laws of supply and demand in traditional economics would generally dictate that a steep rise in price of a product or commodity would lead to a reduction in demand How Can SMEs Become More Energy Efficient? The announcement by British Telecom that the company will be investing heavily in building its own wind farms to provide its own source of renewable energy is welcome news for Britain’s efforts in meeting its renewables targets The fact that one of Britain’s biggest blue chip consumers of energy is taking such steps ought to boost its national image and reduce long-term energy costs Small Is Efficient In The Electricity Sector A similar picture is emerging in the market structure of UK business electricity retailers as witnessed within the supermarket sector especially between the competitive practices being undertaken Just like supermarket chains, business electricity retail is dominated by a few major players who share some 96% of the total market Black To Basics How the main electricity suppliers and the government plan a black future by reverting to traditional resources for Britain’s energy generation to solve the looming energy gap Greenwashing advertisements have now become commonplace in which slick campaigns are centered on being ‘green’ and more importantly, ‘taking responsibility for our carbon footprints’ Unbundling Of European Energy Markets? Not If The French And Germans Get Their Way The Brussels Summit in June saw the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in persuading the EU to drop its commitment to ‘free and undistorted competition’ from its reform treaty Although Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes argues this will have little impact upon Brussels’ tough stance against cartels, illegal subsidies and protectionism; many legal experts support the stance that the new arrangement will weaken the Commissioner’s ability to crack down on such ongoing practices

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