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- Published 09/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
The Government has announced proposals to crackdown on dog owners with vicious pets.
As part of reforms of the Dangerous Dogs Act, measures include forcing all dog owners to take out insurance against the threat of their animal attacking someone, and having dogs microchipped.
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- Published 09/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
Sap-sucking bugs are to be used to try to kill an invasive plant which grows as fast as one metre a month and can damage buildings, drains, railways and roads.
Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca-Davies approved the release into the wild of a type of lice which is a predator to the knotweed plant in Japan.
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- Published 09/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Another energy provider is cutting charges for supplying gas, with npower reducing its customers' bills by up to 7%.
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- Published 08/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Families will get some relief at the end of the month as energy company E.ON has announced it is to cut its standard gas tariff by 6%.
As many as 1.9 million customers are in line to make a saving. However, those who are on fixed or contract deals will not benefit.
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- Published 05/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Homeowners lost an estimated £500 million last year because of poorly insulated houses, figures suggest.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change said the coldest winter for 30 years had contributed to the problem, but added that Britons could save vast sums of money in the long-term by spending more on their loft and cavity-wall insulation. The procedure can cost as little as £500 but can spare homeowners £160 a year on heating bills.
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- Published 03/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Newly published figures have revealed that smaller businesses in the UK are spending more money on their energy compared to larger companies.
Figures released by the Government found that energy prices for large firms increased by 9-11% between the third quarter of 2008 and the same period of 2009. This figure dropped to just 5% for the country's biggest businesses.
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- Published 02/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and General
A new campaign has been launched to get 7.5 million more people in the UK using the internet in the next four years.
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- Published 02/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
The Thames Barrier has been closed for the third time in two days after a combination of high tides and heavy rainfall over the weekend threatened London with flooding.
The risk, which saw the Environment Agency issue 17 flood warnings and 135 flood watches across England and Wales, rose after days of heavy rain saturated the ground, causing the water table to rise substantially.
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- Published 02/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Britain's largest mobile phone operator will be created after the merger between Orange and T-Mobile was given the go ahead.
The tie-up between the two companies will see them take a 37% market share in the UK, or nearly 30 million customers, and focus on delivering high-speed mobile broadband infrastructure.
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- Published 02/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and General
Think that all you need to own a dog is a loving nature and a willingness to go walking? Well think again. Owning a pooch might be about to become a great deal more costly than any of us could ever have imagined.
According to speculation in the mainstream press, dog owners could be forced to undergo a ‘competency test’ and may have to take out pet insurance by law under proposals entailed in a leaked government document.
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- Published 01/03/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
People in England and Wales could be reaching for their home insurance policies as flood warnings remain in place across many regions.
Due to heavy rain, 26 flood warnings were issued by the Environment Agency, affecting parts of West Sussex, Kent, Tyne and Wear, Yorkshire and East Anglia
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- Published 26/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Virgin Media is to begin rolling out a 100Mb broadband service to homes by the end of the year.
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- Published 25/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
People should not have to rely on their home insurance to bail them out if future floods hit the UK, but should have products to make their houses more resilient to water damage, according to the Environment Agency.
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- Published 23/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
Switching energy supplier has been recommended after firms raised margins by £30 for each typical dual fuel customer in the last three months.
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- Published 19/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
Burglars have attempted to break into the Surrey home of Ashley and Cheryl Cole after gaining access through an open window, police said.
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- Published 11/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
Householders are waiting to see if plans for protection against coastal and river flooding will have a positive effect on their home insurance premiums.
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- Published 10/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
Insurance firms have received nearly 16,000 claims of burst pipes causing damage to homes since the beginning of December, it is claimed.
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- Published 10/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
Globalisation and the reduction in the value of household electronics has forced criminals to rethink what they steal, researchers have found.
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- Published 09/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Gas Electricity
The energy watchdog has introduced a new labelling scheme to help consumers measure the performance of "green" electricity tariffs.
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- Published 08/02/2010 00:00:00 in Household and Home Insurance
The number of homes and businesses under threat from flooding that are signed up to a free flood warning phone service is set to double, the Environment Agency has announced.