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Can ‘smart grid’ stop energy bills from soaring?

05.11.09
Energy analysys: When Ofgem issued its inflammatory research recently to argue domestic energy bills might rise by more than 60% in the next seven years, a fuse blew at the Department of Energy and Climate Change ... more

Banks and miners punished as investors head for exits

03.11.09
Leading shares were struggling to hold above the 5000 level today, as investors headed for the exits... more

Time to come clean: Is £1200 a year value for money?

15.10.09
Energy analysis: Did you know this winter’s household energy consumer has never had it so good? Ask Steve Holliday, chief executive of the National Grid... more

Twelve bid to break National Grid’s hold

23.09.09
Twelve companies have put themselves forward to compete against National Grid in a bid to break its electricity monopoly in England and Wales ... more

City Spy: Beats having to work for a living

17.06.09
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... more

We’re being short-changed on service

09.06.09
If people needed any more confirmation that we live in an Orwellian world where words are frequently used to convey just the opposite of what they mean, consider the comments that resulted from a survey into the work of HM Revenue & Customs, conducted by accountancy body the ICAEW ... more

Council cutbacks give a lift to May Gurney

02.06.09
The expected strangulation of public spending by a cash-strapped central Government will force London councils to put out even more contracts to tender, according to the street lighting, cleaning and maintenance group May Gurney... more

National Grid makes a pitch to be a 'smart meters' leader

14.05.09
National Grid put in a plea to be placed at the centre of the country’s “smart metering” revolution — just a year after the company was found guilty of abusing its gas meters monopoly... more

Green light for Thames wind farm

12.05.09
The world’s largest offshore wind farm, to be constructed in the Thames estuary, has been given the go-ahead... more

IHG is hard hit by sellers wary of pandemic gloom

01.05.09
Three days is a long time in a nascent pandemic. There is every chance that the markets will re-open on Tuesday with 72 hours worth of panic-hewn news to digest... more

First LNG tanker unloads at UK's Teesside

14.04.09
The Excelerate liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker was pumping fuel into Britain's Teesside import facility after arriving yesterday, according to the local port authority... more

National Grid awards £1.2 billion grid contracts

06.04.09
National Grid has awarded contracts worth up to £1.2 billion to Morrison Utility Services and Enterprise Managed Services for gas grid work over the next 10 years, the network operator said ... more

UK recession to cut summer energy demand

02.04.09
Britain's recession is likely to cut gas demand by 6% during the next six months, compared to last summer, energy network operation National Grid said ... more

National Grid to cut carbon emissions 45 per cent by 2020

23.03.09
UK network operator National Grid said it planned to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2020, and called on the government and industry to develop a route map for a low carbon economy... more

Bears howling as insurers are lifted by Pru's strength

19.03.09
Stock-market bears, who have been selling the life assurers aggressively short in recent weeks, claiming they would be the next casualties of the banking crisis, were feeling the pain today as their shares soared.... more

Unilever on the climb after £350m bond-issue success

16.03.09
Unilever today stood out with a rise of 22p to 1314p. Friday's issue of a £350 million corporate bond at par and yielding 3.9%, redeemable in 2014, by the Knorr soup and Lipton tea group was quickly gobbled up... more

A water bore in the Commons

23.12.08
The Houses of Parliament are set to get their own freshwater borehole in a bid to end the use of bottled mineral water. ... more

A show of power from Grid

20.11.08
City comment It seems like an age since a company announced profits that beat expectations - so hats off National Grid, which did both ... more

Fifty local power plants to cut waste of energy

23.10.08
Up to 50 electricity plants could be built across London over the next 30 years in an effort to cut carbon emissions... more

Samurai bonds hit

26.09.08
The Samurai bond market, until a fortnight ago the world’s fastest- growing corporate debt market, has come to a standstill since Lehman Brothers became the first US borrower to default on the securities... more

Second tunnel plan leaves west London with sinking feeling

24.09.08
Plans to regenerate a rundown part of Fulham are being threatened by a National Grid "super tunnel" that could throw the area into chaos for years... more

Grid warns of power blackouts

04.09.08
The parlous state of Britain’s electricity supplies was put in to sharp relief as the National Grid warned of potential power blackouts... more

Market report: Sainsbury soaring on buzz over bid by Qatar

28.08.08
The UK's third-biggest supermarket chain J Sainsbury put in a late spurt this afternoon as speculative buying pushed the price 14¼p higher to 333p... more

High School Musical comes to London

07.07.08
High School Musical's We're All in This Together, is so rousing that if it were hooked up to the National Grid we'd never need fossil fuels again.... more

Britain's electricity network 'can't cope'

28.05.08
Britain's electricity network cannot meet demand, experts say... more

Grid may switch balance of power with buy in Germany

15.05.08
National Grid indicates it could be on the verge of turning the tide of industrial history by bidding for a major chunk of Germany's electricity market... more

Ealing to turn all waste food into electricity

18.04.08
Ealing has become the first London borough to recycle all its residents' food waste into electricity... more

Grid leaps on a £1.5bn US sale

01.04.08
National Grid shares rise as the power giant unveils deal to sell a facility in New York... more

Gas meters fiddle costs Grid record £41.6m fine

25.02.08
National Grid has been hit with a thumping £41.6 million fine for anti-competitive practices that have artificially kept up household gas prices... more

Lord of the Rings show blamed for pollution

27.06.07
A diesel generator brought into boost power to the Lord of the Rings stage show is being accused of polluting the West End... more

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