Government urged to reassess how it can target energy bill support to vulnerable businesses

Business groups are expecting Government help with their energy bills to be halved after March, when the existing package of support expires. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt told business groups on Wednesday that the support would be at a lower level to protect the public finances from volatile energy markets. Gas and electricity prices have been fixed…

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Small firms fear this Christmas will be their last if energy support ends

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is warning that discontinuing government energy support at the end of March would force tens of thousands of small firms to close or downsize. This comes ahead of the publication of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme review, which is due imminently – when the government will decide whether current…

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