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uSwitch comments on the future of free banking
Michael Ossei, personal finance expert at uSwitch.com, comments the future of free banking: “Calls to end free banking has always divided opinion. Millions of customers that stay in credit currently enjoy the full benefits of free banking and will no do
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Paying up to £300 a year, but just three in ten regularly use packaged account benefits
Packaged current accounts are here to stay, with around 10 million consumers using one[1] and more than 40 packaged accounts on the market. But despite their familiarity, consumers are still falling into some common traps. As a result, many see fee-paying
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Draft energy bill: consumers the ‘forgotten part of the equation’
The draft electricity market reform legislation has been published today. uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, welcomes the forthcoming inquiry to scrutinise it and urges the Government to ensure that consumers are not the
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Cost of household energy grows five times faster than income
New research from uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, reveals that the rise in the cost of household energy has significantly outpaced the growth in household incomes since 2004. While household incomes in the UK have incr
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Facebook set for flotation
Tomorrow Facebook releases its share price, but what will this flotation mean for its users? Ernest Doku, technology expert at uSwitch.com says: "Historically Facebook's model has been about growing the number of users and enhancing their experience, not
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Euro 2012 warning: England football fans face £5k mobile penalty from Ukraine
England fans heading to the Euro 2012 Championships in Ukraine at the start of next month could be stung with eye-watering mobile phone bills of more than £5,500, according to new research from independent price comparison and switching service, uSwitch.c
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British holidaymakers risk being burnt by £53 million of hidden charges for using their credit card abroad
With a long bank holiday weekend fast approaching, and the Eurozone crisis meaning the pound goes further than this time last year, getting away may be on the minds of many. But British holidaymakers risk running up over £53 million in stealth charges jus
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Good news for E.ON customers as it promises not to raise prices this year
There is good news today for E.ON customers with the energy giant promising not to increase its prices this year. The announcement follows hints from two other major suppliers that a price rise could be on the cards, potentially as early as this coming
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New First:Utility fixed price plan undercuts Big Switch winning bid – by £1
The Co-operative Energy’s reign as offering the cheapest fixed price energy plan after winning the Big Switch bid, has been brought abruptly to an end. The announcement came last night, but already another new entrant, First:Utility, has nipped in to stea
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British Gas hints that price rise could be on the cards this winter
In its Interim Management Statement out today, Centrica, the parent of Britain’s largest energy company, British Gas, hinted that further price rises could be on the horizon with UK wholesale gas costs around 15% higher for next winter than last and non-c