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SSE Airtricity Announces 28.4% Price Increase For Gas Customers & 35.5% Increase For Electricity Customers

SSE Airtricity Announces 28.4% Price Increase For Gas Customers & 35.5% Increase For Electricity Customers @sseairtricity @ConsumerCouncil

SSE Airtricity has announced today an increase of 28.4% for gas customers, effective from Monday 3 October 2022. This will impact around 188,000 domestic gas customers throughout the Greater Belfast and West gas networks, and about 4,600 commercial customers. This news means that the yearly gas bill of a typical household with a credit meter will rise by about £351 per year. Those customers with…

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SSE Airtricity and Budget Energy Announces Price Increases

SSE Airtricity and Budget Energy Announces Price Increases

SSE Airtricity, Northern Ireland’s second largest electricity supplier, and Budget Energy, Northern Ireland’s fourth largest electricity supplier have announced price increases for their residential customers. These increases will effect three in ten households, around 248,000 domestic customers. SSE Airtricity is set to increase prices by 33%, effective 1 June 2022. Budget Energy is set to…

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Click Energy Electricity Tariff Set To Increase By 9%

Click Energy Electricity Tariff Set To Increase By 9% | @ConsumerCouncil

Click Energy has announced it will be increasing electricity prices by 9% for customers on a variable rate tariff from 1 September 2021. This will see the typical bill paying customer needing to find up to an extra £55 per year, while customers with a keypad (PAYG) meter will see a yearly increase of about £56 per year. Raymond Gormley, Head of Energy Policy at the Consumer Council, said: “This…

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6 Top Tips To Help You Avoid Parcel Delivery Scams

6 Top Tips To Help You Avoid Parcel Delivery Scams @ConsumerCouncil

As consumers in Northern Ireland continue to do more online shopping due to the impact of COVID-19, the Consumer Council has compiled some top tips to help them avoid becoming victims of parcel delivery scams. Here are 6 tips to help you avoid parcel delivery scams: 1. Do not click on links in an email or text message If you are genuinely expecting a delivery, contact the seller/sender directly…

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Review Your Banking Needs In Advance Of AIB Branch Closures Advises Consumer Council NI

Review Your Banking Needs In Advance Of @AIB_NI Branch Closures Advises @ConsumerCouncil

The Consumer Council is urging AIB customers to review their banking needs ahead of the upcoming closure of several local branches later this year. Eight of AIB’s 15 branches are due to close on 12 November 2021. Scott Kennerley, Director of Financial Services at the Consumer Council, said: “This announcement will be disappointing news for many AIB customers. Whilst the ability to access banking…

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Complaints over vaccinations increased 3.5 times last year, says Consumer Council

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/01/31/complaints-vaccinations-increased-3-5-times-last-year-says-consumer-council/

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Restaurants' Asian-style soup noodles contain excessive amounts of sodium, Consumer Council tests find

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/14/restaurants-asian-style-soup-noodles-contain-excessive-amounts-sodium-consumer-council-tests-find/

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Hong Kong customs warns of potential hazards posed by toy scooters

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/14/hong-kong-customs-warns-potential-hazards-posed-toy-scooters/