More than nine out of ten small business owners (94%) are braced for energy price hikes in the near future, with two thirds (67%) expecting prices to shoot up by over 10% in the next year. According to a new survey by price comparison site Make it Cheaper, energy bills are seen as the “most […]

The public reaction to smart meters remains lukewarm, a new report by DECC revealed. It has released the third wave of results in a four-part survey examining public perceptions of the energy gadget set to be rolled out across the country. Interest in having a smart meter installed remained steady with four in ten saying […]

Energy and fuel prices are the biggest worries for a growing number of consumers concerned about rises in the cost of living. That’s according to a monthly survey of more than 2,000 people by the ‘Which? Consumer Insight Tracker’. It found a whopping 79% were worried about the growing cost of energy and fuel, with […]

An eyebrow-raising 38% of people in the UK are concerned about paying heating bills this winter according to a new ComRes poll. The survey of more than 1000 people commissioned by BBC Radio 5 Live showed a quarter (25%) had put up with “unacceptably cold” homes because of high prices and 63% had cut energy […]

More than a third (43%) of the British public said they would support Government subsidy for the construction of new nuclear power plants in the UK. That is in comparison to only 28% who said they would not, according to a new poll of more than 2,000 people. It also revealed almost half (46%) of […]