http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Emma+Churchill Society Emma Churchill Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=288290&ca=Society It seems that less and less consumers feel as strongly as they once did about supporting their local stores, fearing that the national supermarket chains are becoming all too powerful and could eventually dictate what and where we buy. Especially during the current credit crunch, selecting outlets w... Business Emma Churchill Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=288354&ca=Business An independent survey commissioned by Electricity4Business, an electricity supplier targeting small and medium-sized enterprises, has found that despite fuel prices doubling in the past year, businesses are doing little to cut their energy bills. With energy prices on the rise month on month for the... Business Emma Churchill Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=244998&ca=Business The UK government is showing increasing irritation with the big six energy suppliers who have recently announced excessive annual profits, seemingly at the expense of the poorest sectors of the population. With some 4.5 million people now spending more than 10% of their total income on heating their... Business Emma Churchill Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=237389&ca=Business Parliament has finally woken up to the reality that never in the history of the British Isles has so much been taken from so many by so few in the UK energy market. The few in this case are the big 6 electricity and gas suppliers who have sheepishly raised their prices since January by on average 15... Business Emma Churchill Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=222106&ca=Business Saving more money on your business’s electricity is possible by switching to an alternative electricity supplier and avoiding high renewal prices whilst improving your energy efficiency. The laws of supply and demand in traditional economics would generally dictate that a steep rise in price of a pr... Internet Emma Churchill Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=212827&ca=Internet The announcement by British Telecom that the company will be investing heavily in building its own wind farms to provide its own source of renewable energy is welcome news for Britain’s efforts in meeting its renewables targets. The fact that one of Britain’s biggest blue chip consumers of energy is... Business Emma Churchill Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=211558&ca=Business A similar picture is emerging in the market structure of UK business electricity retailers as witnessed within the supermarket sector especially between the competitive practices being undertaken. Just like supermarket chains, business electricity retail is dominated by a few major players who share... Business Emma Churchill Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=211537&ca=Business How the main electricity suppliers and the government plan a black future by reverting to traditional resources for Britain’s energy generation to solve the looming energy gap. Greenwashing advertisements have now become commonplace in which slick campaigns are centered on being ‘green’ and more imp... Business Emma Churchill Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=199570&ca=Business The Brussels Summit in June saw the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in persuading the EU to drop its commitment to ‘free and undistorted competition’ from its reform treaty. Although Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes argues this will have little impact upon Brussels’ tough stance...