Elexon to oversee support scheme for energy intensive industries

Elexon will administer a support scheme aiding 340 energy intensive industries in Britain, compensating for network charge costs, as part of the British Industry Supercharger initiative

Government’s energy bill bonanza: Massive savings for businesses!

Recycling plants and large data centres among hundreds of organisations are set to receive financial relief on energy bills

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Energy intensive businesses could be given more energy bill support

Rishi Sunak has hinted at more targeted support offered to those who need the most help amid the energy crisis

Government to support energy-intensive sectors hit by soaring bills

The Chancellor is set to announce the extension of the existing “energy-intensive industries compensation scheme”

Business energy "missing jigsaw” piece of Chancellor's plans

Business energy users are likely to be feeling hard done by as their predicament was “one big piece of the jigsaw” missing from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. That’s according to the CBI Director General John Cridland (pictured) who has told ELN: “He didn’t do anything about energy costs on business.” While the recent debate over […]

Repeated calls for Chancellor to tackle rising business bills

The manufacturers’ organisation EEF has called on the Chancellor to do more to tackle rising energy bills for businesses, echoing a similar petition by the CBI last week. Speaking ahead of George Osborne’s Autumn statement due in December, EEF’s Chief Executive Terry Scuoler said: “The Chancellor’s top priority must be action on business energy costs. […]

Chancellor ‘should focus on prices’ to keep Britain competitive

The Chancellor should focus on the cost of energy in his Autumn statement to safeguard the competitiveness of British businesses, according to CBI Director-General, John Cridland. In an open letter to George Osborne published today he said rising prices risked putting the UK at a disadvantage, particularly “following the implementation this year of the Carbon […]