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Police warn businesses and homeowners in Northern Ireland to beware of fuel theft

Police warn businesses and homeowners in Northern Ireland to beware of fuel theft

31 July 2012

Business owners and members of the public in Northern Ireland may be taking extra precautions to safeguard their fuel after a series of incidents involving theft recently.Police in County Down are investigating the theft of a lorry in Donaghcloney on Friday (July 27th) that was spotted on security c... More

BoilerJuice UK Domestic Heating Oil Price Trend for July 27th

BoilerJuice UK Domestic Heating Oil Price Trend for July 27th

27 July 2012

Heating oil prices have been increasing during this month following a considerable decline in June.The cost of the fuel was approximately 54p per litre (excluding VAT) on July 11th, but it then climbed slightly before stabilising at around 54.3p per litre on July 13th.Prices were largely unchanged b... More

Homeowners choosing to improve not move

Homeowners choosing to improve not move

26 July 2012

Homeowners who may have moved house were it not for the slow property market are instead choosing to improve the spaces in which they live, a new poll has shown.Nationwide Building Society carried out a survey and found that 47 per cent of Britons are planning to make home improvements within the ne... More

Police appeal for information after red diesel dump

Police appeal for information after red diesel dump

25 July 2012

Police in the Yorkshire town of Beverley are appealing for information after a large quantity of red diesel was found dumped in a lake there last week.A passerby noticed that the water in a balancing lake - a holding area for excess runoff before it drain off into ditches - had turned red on July 20... More

Getting basics right is important for saving energy

Getting basics right is important for saving energy

23 July 2012

Homeowners may need to look again at the simplest ways of saving energy within their properties, one expert has suggested.Ryan Notz, chief executive of Mybuilder.com, said: "It's easy to get caught up in new technologies and building techniques, but it's just not the case that a great m... More

Common heating oil system faults highlighted by expert

Common heating oil system faults highlighted by expert

20 July 2012

The importance of having boilers serviced regularly has been highlighted by an expert who pointed out some common faults that can occur otherwise.Amy Lyttle from the Institute of Life Sciences told Business 2 Community there are a number of things that commonly go wrong, particularly with older heat... More

Energy efficiency 'can sometimes make people use more'

Energy efficiency 'can sometimes make people use more'

20 July 2012

People who are diligently making their homes more energy efficient should ensure they do not unwittingly waste gas, electricity and heating oil."What it means is as efficiency increases, the resource is actually used more," explained construction expert Ryan Notz, adding that this is call... More

North Sea production having a 'mini-revival'

North Sea production having a 'mini-revival'

19 July 2012

Oil production in the British North Sea is going through a mini-revival, with the number of wells drilled and new fields entering production all climbing recently.A study by Deloitte found that drilling for fossil fuels off the coast increased by 64 per cent in the quarter to June 30th when compared... More

Tips offered on keeping bills down during summer holidays

Tips offered on keeping bills down during summer holidays

19 July 2012

With schools up and down the country on the brink of breaking up for the summer, the thoughts of many people are no doubt turning to their annual sunshine break abroad.However, one organisation has urged Britons not to simply jet off without a backward thought of home and instead to carefully consid... More

Inflation decrease gives Britons some financial breathing space

Inflation decrease gives Britons some financial breathing space

18 July 2012

British families may have finally felt the squeeze on their finances ease as the rate of inflation declined last month.Official figures from the Office for National Statistics found that the Consumer Prices Index fell from 2.8 per cent in May to 2.4 per cent in June. This is also significantly less ... More

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