British Gas are at the cutting edge of marketing messages right now:
“Cheapest supplier in the market”
“Longest fixed price tariff in the market”
It practically captures the two main concerns every UK consumer has, it’s only a shame that the two lines attach themselves to two different products.
It does leave one question, being, what can customers do [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘fixed’
September 18, 2008
British Gas market dominance
August 21, 2008
E.ON and SSE make their mark
Today’s price increases by E.ON and SSE are a sure sign of what the remaining suppliers will do to their prices.
That is, shift them enough to prevent any further increases this year, but make sure they don’t get too near to the 36% (or 42% depending which payment method you look at) rise that British [...]
May 27, 2008
British Gas Price Protection 2009 – is capped pricing the future?
A new, quietly introduced, product from British Gas won’t set the world alight.
The product is called Price Protection 2009. Here are the finer points:
9.8% premium on top of standard prices
Dual fuel only
Fixed price until December 2009
Cancellation fees: £55 for gas and £20 for electricity
Overall, this makes this product rather uncompetitive, but does signal the challenges [...]
April 21, 2008
Future energy price rises
The question on everybody’s lips is, Will there be further energy price increases?, the answer is unfortunately “Yes!”.
Recent reports suggest a 25% price rise is looming. Personally, my predictions for the short term (next 9-12 months) is a little more conservative. Looking at the positioning of the forward prices in the wholesale gas and electricity [...]
