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  • Brave and bold, but Big Switch auction doesn’t quite deliver

    The announcement today that Co-operative Energy has won the Big Switch auction with a plan that is more expensive than the cheapest tariff already on the market, and that will only be made available to 30,000 people, brings a disappointing end to the firs

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  • Consumers warned as price of cheap energy starts to creep up

    Consumers are being urged to snap up a competitive energy plan while they can, as a second supplier has moved to push its online prices upwards. While standard prices remain steady at £1,252 a year, online prices have started to creep upwards, hitting £1,

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  • Insolvencies down but things are likely to get worse as mortgage increases hit

    The news today that the number of insolvencies is down is great news, however with mortgage hikes hitting and pay still frozen, things could get worse, not better, next quarter, warns uSwitch.com.

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  • Samsung launches Galaxy S3 phone

    Following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3, Ernest Doku, technology expert at uSwitch.com, commented: "Samsung must have rehearsed this presentation on the Apple Campus. It was textbook Jobs.

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  • Co-op pulls the plug on interest- only mortgages for new customers

    Mortgage customers have been dealt a blow today as the Co-operative Bank announced it would be pulling the plug on interest-only mortgages for new customers.

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  • iPhone 4S ends Galaxy S II’s reign as Britain’s most popular handset

    It’s official. Apple’s iPhone 4S is now the UK’s favourite phone, knocking the Samsung Galaxy S II off the top spot, according to the uSwitch.com Mobile Tracker, which ranks the UK’s most popular handsets based on live searches and sales.

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  • High court tells ISPs that Pirate Bay must be blocked

    Following the High Court ruling that Pirate Bay must be blocked by broadband providers, Ernest Doku, technology expert at uSwitch.com, commented: "This could be a landmark ruling. On the one hand, decisive action is being taken by the High Court to preven

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  • Think tank report on energy overlooks power of consumers to force change says uSwitch.com

    A report out today by think tank, IPPR, calls for further market reforms, but overlooks the power of consumers to make energy companies compete, says uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service.

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  • Consumers lose out by £337 million as fear factors prevent them from switching to small energy suppliers

    Despite offering competitive prices and a viable alternative to Britain’s big six energy suppliers, new research shows that fear factors are preventing many consumers from moving to smaller suppliers. As a result, consumers could be losing out by at least

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  • Advertised broadband ‘up-to’ speeds fall by a third after stricter new rules come into force

    Following the changes to the ways internet service providers can advertise broadband speeds, new research by independent price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com shows that advertised speeds on non-fibre products bought by uSwitch.com customers

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