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ENERGY CUSTOMERS CAN SAVE £270 A YEAR WITHOUT CHANGING SUPPLIER SAYS BRISTOL’S FLIPPER BOSS
Millions of gas and electricity consumers cut could their bills by almost 25% without changing their energy supplier, according to Mark Gutteridge, boss of Bristol-based energy switch site Flipper.
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He says data from Ofgem shows the best deals available from the Big 6 suppliers are 24% cheaper than the average cost of their Standard Variable Tariffs (SVT).
It means 11 million UK households currently on an SVT could each save around £270 just by moving to their current supplier’s best deal.
Nailsea-based Mark, said: “Sadly, while many shops and supermarkets do reward you for loyalty, the same is not the case with energy firms.
“If you’ve been with your current supplier for more than 12 months, it’s almost certain you’re on their standard tariff which will be one of the most expensive they offer.
“Ofgem requires energy companies to put a message on your bill if you can save money by switching to another one of their tariffs, but unless you read every page of your bill in detail – and who does –
you’re unlikely to spot this.”
Flipper check the market for their members every month and switch them every time a saving of £50 a year is found – even if that’s to a new deal with their current supplier 10
.“It means we spot if their current supplier has introduced a new tariff that is cheaper than the deal they are on, then we switch them over straightaway.”
Mark says almost 30% of Flipper customers have been ‘flipped’ to a better tariff with their current provider so far this year.
“We’ve had a lot of feedback from people who are really surprised, but very happy, that we’ve saved them money without switching them to a new supplier.
“It’s really important that people understand finding a better deal doesn’t have to mean moving to a different provider.
“And as energy usage will increased dramatically over the next few months as winter approaches, so it’s crucial you check you on a good value energy deal now.”
Unlike comparison sites who get paid commission by the energy providers for switching people to them, Flipper don’t take money from suppliers.
Members pay an annual fee of £30 when they are switched for the first time; tariffs are checked every month and customers are automatically moved to a better tariff if they can save £50 a year.
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PLANNING A MEMORIAL WOODLAND RESTING PLACE
An increasing number of people are buying burial plots in the South West so that they know where they will rest after death and be assured that their demise will not damage the environment.
Bristol Memorial Woodlands in South Gloucestershire, which is creating a 100-acre woodland burial ground just north of Bristol, say family plots have become popular once again in a way not seen since Victorian times.
Chris Baker, founder of Bristol Memorial Woodlands said: “Greater environmental awareness seems to be driving a new desire for people to be buried, rather than be cremated. Burial is traditional and natural and returns a body into the ground without using fossil fuels and without emissions from a chimney. Traditional burials went into decline in the Said Chris Baker: “Most people think we are running out of room for burials in the UK but that is just not true. There is a real desire to create new woodland habitats to replace those that have disappeared over the years and doing that through burial grounds, as we are doing, is a way to finance their creation.
“It also means that there are people with an interest in maintaining those woodlands and their families rest there and that future generations will have a stunning, natural place to go to remember their ancestors.
“The local council crematorium is often very functional and busy and not a place to sit and remember loved ones. We also find that many people like the idea of knowing where they will be buried – whether that is their body or an internment of ashes.
“We are now finding people buying burial plots “Some of the enquiries we are getting are for family members as gifts and whole families from people who are just being practical and wanting to be buried together and know that knowing that we all have to face death some future generations will be able to gather there time. Others are from people with a faith that beneath the trees and remember them.” requires them to be buried and they want to buy plots for their whole family.” UK as a result of village churchyards becom- Many faiths have always favoured burials ing full and in the 20th century cremations and Bristol Memorial Woodlands has creatbecame the norm for many communities. ed a sacred Jewish burial site and a Muslim Changes in the way people mourn and look at burial ground, designed under the guidance of death have seen a shift in attitudes. religious community leaders.
Information on Bristol Memorial Woodlands can be found at www.memorialwoodlands. com
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