Well that is it, the wait is over and we now have them all!! You may wonder what I am talking about and the answer is energy prices, or more specifically the energy price rises that the energy companies have announced for consumers recently. Eon was the last of the major energy suppliers to announce [...]
In an environment where oil prices are rising to record highs, some 20% higher than this time last year, this increase will have an impact on a significant number of costs for the majority of businesses. Not only will there be some direct impacts, such as the expected rise in heating bills caused by the [...]
Sitting in my office staring out at a white landscape I thought it relevant to look at the recent activity and furore around the gas and electricity price rises announced. Before I do however, and hello to any Australians who are fortunate to read this piece, I do want to just dwell on the result [...]
I was interested in an article at the end of last week where Francis Maude publicly agreed with the findings of Sir Philip Green in his review of Whitehall Spending. As Francis stated in the article (for the full text of this article click here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/supportservices/8130227/Paymaster-General-Francis-Maude-drives-a-hard-bargain.html) the review provided a reality check for the public [...]
Firstly apologies to regular readers of my blogs as it is a while since my last post. Part of that was due to spending a couple of days in Portugal at the end of last month at the Volvo Amateur Masters UK Final, which I was lucky enough to qualify for. A great few days, [...]
I turn to the electricity market this week with a couple of interesting articles that caught my eye. Although these are aimed at the consumer market they are just as relevant in the corporate world. First we had the announcement from Ofgem on the investment that needs to be made in the UK’s power infrastructure. [...]