Steps to reduce your carbon footprint and reduce costs: 1. Start by reviewing your direct energy costs, your travel costs and then your indirect supplier costs. You could even extend this further to consider carbon embodied in materials you use. 2. Review your direct energy use – electricity, gas and heating fuel. Identify the areas [...]
The government says it will intervene after churches and charities campaigned against the so-called “rain tax”, which saw water bills rise as much as 1,300%. New legislation governing surface water charges will be brought in as part of the Flood and Water Management Bill, in the next session of Parliament. The new law will allow [...]
According to the BBC, water companies’ bids to raise prices between 2010 and 2015 have been snubbed by regulator Ofwat, which wants average household bills to fall instead. Taking out the impact of inflation, the regulator wants the typical bill in England and Wales cut by 4%. According to the regulator, the proposals will allow [...]
According to the Times, millions of families were threatened with rises in their water bills of up to 29 per cent after Britain’s water industry submitted plans to Ofwat. Thames Water asked Ofwat for permission to increase its customers’ average annual bill by 17 per cent from £283 to £331 in 2015. Some of the [...]