Framework is a homelessness charity, based in Nottinghamshire, providing housing, support, training, care and resettlement services to thousands of homeless and vulnerable people in the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and parts of South Yorkshire.
Occasionally, we some across clients who appear to be receiving free gas or electricity. In reality, there is no such thing as a free lunch and there are generally two common reasons for this. Either the supplier has ‘forgotten’ to bill the supply or the meter is what is called ‘shipperless’ and has not been [...]
A number of electricity suppliers, including British Gas are rolling out the installation of smart meters ahead of them becoming mandatory. Customers accepting the offer to have these installed ‘free’ should get more accurate billing but to obtain half hourly data for AM&T (monitoring and targeting of energy usage), there will be an extra cost. [...]
Consumers will welcome the move by Chris Huhne to enforce energy suppliers to give 65 days notice of price rises in energy tariffs as reported last week in Utility Week http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/uk/electricity/huhne-warns-energy-firms-over.php However, FDs and business owners of commercial organisations are often under the mis-conception that switching energy suppliers is as easy as with their home [...]
Client Profile: Action Housing and Support is a charitable organisation with 10 offices across the UK. They work with vulnerable and socially excluded people to help establish secure, independent lives and tackle homelessness and related issues. Case Study: Download a PDF copy of the case study. Left to right: Shaun Needham, Operations Director, Jill Thompson, [...]