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Gas is driving bills up again, and January could be worse
The price cap rose 4% on 1 October, and analysts expect another 12% to 14% in the new year. Here is what that means if you buy energy for a business.
13 hrs ago
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Asher Kilbride
September 2026
Winter is coming, and UK business energy costs are still at the mercy of the Gulf
Gas prices, a thin storage cushion and a bruising survey season are reopening the argument over how fast Britain should decarbonise.
Sep 30
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Asher Kilbride
Oil is falling on Iran talks. Businesses shouldn't relax yet.
A fifth straight day of declines has pulled crude back from its post-attack highs, but the diplomacy behind the rally is fragile and the infrastructure…
Sep 23
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Asher Kilbride
Winter Is Coming, and Europe's Gas Cupboard Is Bare
A record-low storage season is colliding with Middle East supply damage, and UK businesses locking in energy contracts now are the ones who'll come out…
Sep 16
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Asher Kilbride
The Grid Is Now Britain's Real Energy Bottleneck!
A National Audit Office report says the £70bn transmission upgrade Britain needs is "very challenging" to deliver, and the bill for waiting is already…
Sep 14
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Asher Kilbride
Britain Heads Into Winter With Thin Gas Reserves and a Middle East Wildcard
A price cap rise that survived a VAT cut, a gas store running at half its usual level, and a shipping lane that keeps making headlines for the wrong…
Sep 10
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Asher Kilbride
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Britain’s Energy Bills Are Being Set in the Strait of Hormuz
Why an October price cap rise to £1,723 has less to do with the National Grid than with a 33-kilometre shipping lane 3,500 miles away
Sep 2
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Asher Kilbride
August 2026
UK gas breaks through 145p as Hormuz optimism fades!
It has been a volatile week for UK energy markets.
Aug 12
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Asher Kilbride
Burnham's North Sea Reset: What It Means for Business Energy Bills.
The new Prime Minister is signalling a return to domestic drilling. For energy-buying businesses, the real question isn't politics:
Aug 7
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Asher Kilbride
When the rivers run low, the power market feels it
Europe’s heatwave has stopped being just a story about wildfires and drought.
Aug 5
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Asher Kilbride
July 2026
Whiplash week: what a 30-point swing in Brent tells us about where this market really is
Look at Brent crude over the last ten days, and you’d think someone had swapped the chart.
Jul 29
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Asher Kilbride
Hormuz Is Back on the Risk Sheet — and UK Energy Buyers Need to Notice
There’s a particular kind of week in this market where every desk note reads the same, and this was one of them.
Jul 22
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Asher Kilbride
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