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First Utility announces price hike

First Utility announces price hike

25 April 2013

First Utility is to increase gas and fuel prices by 18.6 per cent.This change will add around £200 to the average dual fuel subscriber's bills.The increase will come as an especially bitter blow to customers due to First Utility's reputation as a low cost provider - often poaching cust... More

Rural police force announces new crime scheme

Rural police force announces new crime scheme

24 April 2013

The Richmondshire division of the North Yorkshire police force has unveiled a new way for rural residents to report suspicious crime.Officers in the countryside area will give residents Country Watch reporting forms which will allow them to make note of minor infractions or suspicious behaviour on p... More

Rural Shropshire to get super-fast broadband by 2016

Rural Shropshire to get super-fast broadband by 2016

23 April 2013

Rural Shropshire will get super-fast broadband within three years as part of a new council project.In plans outlined by Connecting Shropshire, up to 90 per cent of area coverage will be achieved across the West Midlands county. This, according to the group, will affect 93 per cent of buildings in Sh... More

Lincolnshire village suffers heating oil theft

Lincolnshire village suffers heating oil theft

22 April 2013

Heating oil has been stolen from a property in a countryside area of Lincolnshire.The property which is located on Station Street, in the small, rural village of Rippingale, had 500 litres of heating oil taken by thieves who are, more than ever, targeting heating oil due to its high market value and... More

Defra announces fund for farmers hit by snowstorm

Defra announces fund for farmers hit by snowstorm

19 April 2013

£250,000 is being made available for snow-hit farmers by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), it has been announced.This funding availability comes weeks after cattle burial rules were relaxed for parts of Wales that were hit by a large freak snowstorm in early April... More

Welsh govt to provide £500k for farmers hit by weather

Welsh govt to provide £500k for farmers hit by weather

18 April 2013

The Welsh government has pledged to provide £500,000 to charities that will help farmers affected by the recent severe weather conditions.National resources and food minister Alun Davies announced £100,000 will be provided to the Farm Crisis Network, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Ins... More

Households hit by minimal wage increases

Households hit by minimal wage increases

18 April 2013

Homeowners across the UK have been hit by the smallest annual pay rise since records began, figures released yesterday (April 17th) have revealed.Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the average worker is receiving an increase in pay of just one per cent, the lowest since records... More

Insulation scheme to bring savings to Yorkshire homes

Insulation scheme to bring savings to Yorkshire homes

17 April 2013

Homeowners in Yorkshire are set to benefit from a new £100 million energy efficiency scheme.The initiative will be part of the government's flagship Green Deal programme, which provides loans to households to allow them to make improvements to their properties in an effort to lower energy ... More

UK 'must prepare for even higher energy bills'

UK 'must prepare for even higher energy bills'

16 April 2013

Posted by Bob Burton Households across the UK are set to see soaring energy bills rise even higher in the coming months. Unlike neighbours in continental Europe, Britain has very limited stores of gas. Whereas the majority of mainland European nations hold 20-25 per cent of their annual demand, th... More

Homeowners 'should fit DIY insulation to lower bills'

Homeowners 'should fit DIY insulation to lower bills'

16 April 2013

Homeowners could save as much as £220 a year on their heating bills by having better insulation fitted.This is how much could be cut from bills based on calculations by the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Energy Saving Trust, totalling £5.9 billion across the UK as a whol... More

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