Archive for the ‘SMEs’ Topic

e-Newsletter: October e-Newsletter – protection for small businesses, saving on energy, transforming post, living the dream, dealing with complaints, empowering consumers event

Published: 26 October 2012

In this edition: Protecting small businesses Can you make a saving Transforming the Post Office network Current account access through post offices Park homes in parliament Cause for complaint On the move Coming soon   Protecting small businesses Energy regulator Ofgem has today (Friday 26 October) launched a consultation on major reforms to make the [...]

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News: Ofgem energy business market changes will mean greater protection for SMEs

Published: 26 October 2012

Responding to Ofgem’s final non-domestic Retail Market Review proposals, Audrey Gallacher, Director of Energy at Consumer Focus, said:   ‘Today’s proposals will be particularly welcome news for hard-pressed SMEs. Ofgem is proposing extending microbusiness protections to many more small and medium businesses.1 This means they will have greater access to free help and redress when things [...]

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Publication: Small business, big price

Published: 27 May 2011

Consumer Focus has a statutory duty to investigate when energy consumers have experienced: disconnection / are under imminent threat of disconnection, or there has been a refusal to reconnect supply failure of a prepayment meter, system or payment facility We also have the power to investigate cases of vulnerable micro-businesses based on urgency of the [...]

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