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COVID-19: Update

On the 23rd of March, the government outlined new measures to help tackle the spread of Coronavirus. To safeguard our staff and services, our office is now temporarily closed with the majority of staff able to work from home. It’s pretty well business as usual and...

COVID-19: Business Continuity

As coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) continues to spread, we would like to explain how we are responding to the global health crisis. Coronavirus Business Continuity We have robust contingency plans in place and a dedicated team who are responsible for monitoring...

Heathrow expansion ruled illegal over climate change

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been ruled unlawful as the government failed to consider the UK’s Paris Agreement commitments. Today’s historic judgement is the first ever to be based on the Paris Agreement, and states that commitments to limit...

6.4 million customers switch supplier in 2019

It’s been revealed that 6.4 million UK customers switched electricity provider in 2019, an average of 12 switches per minute and a 9% increase on 2018’s figure of 5.8 million. On average, over half a million customers switched supplier each month. April set a new...

Boris’ cabinet: Alok Sharma appointed Business and Energy Secretary

After reshuffling his cabinet this morning, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Alok Shama as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), replacing Andrea Leadsom. Sharma, MP for Reading West and former International Development...

BEIS backs Ofgem as heat network regulator

In 2018, a study by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), found that whilst heat networks are effective towards cutting carbon emissions, the absence of a regulator means residents aren’t benefiting from equivalent standards of protection to that of gas and...