An extra 17.4% for gas and 10.8% for electricity has been added to energy bills in the latest round of price hikes. The average annual bill has hit £1,287, with bill payers using around 40% of their annual usage during the winter months.
Would you throw take £100 out of the cashpoint and throw it down the drain? Of course not! But that’s exactly what many of us are doing when it comes to our utility bills.
Ever been bamboozled by your energy bill? Don’t panic, help is on its way
Energy, Utilities 1 CommentHave you ever received an energy bill and not really understood what the charges meant (apart from the fact they had to be paid by a certain date, or else?)
Or have you ever ended up locked in a new energy deal without even realising you'd signed up?
Vampires are cool in fiction and film at the moment, and frankly, as long as that’s fake blood they’re drinking, good for them.
Vampires around your house, though, drinking money out your wallet? Not such a good idea…
Still, we all have them – and we tolerate them! I’m talking about vampire electronics: the electrical items that drain your bank account even when they’re switched off.
You’d be amazed what’s responsible, and how much they cost you.
The last 40 years: are these changes for the better?
Energy, Insurance, Mortgages, Travel 10 CommentsDoes your life today compare well with 40 years ago?
Do you think our parents and grandparents had it easier when it comes to housing, spending and quality of life? Or are we now reaping the benefit of four decades of social change?
The Office of National Statistics has just published its Social Trends 40 report, detailing how life in the UK has changed from 1970 to 2010. We’re more educated, longer-lived and more widely travelled, that’s for sure. But are we healthier, wealthier or happier? The report reveals some interesting, even if predictable, findings…
I’ve got a confession to make. I have no idea which energy provider I am with.
Now, I know it is London-ish based, – or is it? – but other than that? It might as well be in the Arctic. Is it n-power maybe – I’m not too sure really.
That in itself is shocking. But it really hit home when I was asked to write this piece, finding out whether with three “fixed tariffs from the ‘Big Six’ energy providers coming to an end soon” I could save a bit of cash…
