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You obviously won the British Gas
"Golden Ticket Takeaway" this week.
How lucky you are.
This whole thing is getting out of hand. I spotted that on Twitter, and there are hundreds of similar examples.
Imagine a frail elderly person, living alone, & getting a bill like that, the shock would be terrible for them, they'd worry themselves silly.
I'm not sure who is to blame, & don't really care, but some heads need banging together, common-sense seems to have left the room.
1. Someone has been on a really long fixed-rate that has just expired; or
2. There are massive arrears
Meanwhile we have a Government that had 2 options:-
1. To charge a "windfall" tax on the Energy Companies; or
2. To ask them nicely if they will lend the Government (which of course means us) the money instead. Just for 2 years. Because someone else will be in power by then-either Labour, or the 4th successive non-elected Tory
They chose Option 2.
Compare/contrast with the very real non-windfall extra tax imposed on betting companies on their UK profits...
"Some of these are faked. For that sort of increase to occur, at least 1 of the following needs to apply:-
1. Someone has been on a really long fixed-rate that has just expired; or
2. There are massive arrears"
@Essexphil
Ahh yes, that's fair comment.
Cost of living: Bath trader's sleepless nights over £100k energy bill.
A business owner is enduring sleepless nights after being told her energy bills will rise to over £100,000.
Annette Dolan, who runs Bath Aqua Glass, currently pays £14,000 a year, but is facing the steep rise at the end of September when her contract ends.
She said it would mean the price of a vase made at her glassblowing studio in Bath rising from £45 to £350.
Some businesses are already facing price rises in excess of 200% as gas and electricity prices soar.
Ms Dolan said she was concerned for the future of her business.
The furnace at the Walcot Street business runs day and night, enabling staff to create handmade items including jewellery, jugs and stained glass.
But the increase has left Ms Dolan wondering how she is going to meet the costs.
"There's no way that we can actually operate at that level," she said.
"My bookkeeper and I are both having massive sleepless nights. We're both thinking, 'What are we going to do'?
"It's a nightmare. The brokers have been trying to get me to sign and I'm saying this is untenable, I cannot sign."
Ms Dolan has worked in the glassblowing business for 26 years and says she will do all she can to keep the firm running.
"Whether I'm going to save this business or not only the future will tell me, but I will do my damndest for all my staff and myself," she added.