The idea of ‘collective purchasing’, where a group of consumers sign up with a third party to get better deals from energy suppliers, was given significant support from Government today. Businesses, consumer groups, local government groups, housing organisations, charities and energy regulator Ofgem attended a round table meeting chaired by Energy Secretary Ed Davey to […]

Online energy tariff switching site uSwitch has said it is “disappointed” the Big Switch will only offer the cheapest prices to the “lucky few”. Through the national collective buying scheme, Co-operative Energy will offer 30,000 of the people signed up an average of £123 saving on their bills. Ann Robinson, Director of Consumer Policy at […]

The UK Energy Secretary today declared he wants more people to club together on energy buying. Ed Davey’s comments came as hailed the “fantastic outcome” of the Big Switch, a group energy buying scheme which it is claimed could save its members a total of £25 million on bills. More than 280,000 people signed up […]

Co-operative Energy plans to offer 30,000 customers lower bills as part of a scheme to get them to change supplier. The deal should offer an average saving of £123 a year. The so-called Big Switch scheme was launched by price comparison site Which? and online campaigners 38 degrees in February. They gathered more than 285,000 […]