BizzEnergy, a UK energy supplier, this week announced the introduction of a new bill format designed to give customers a clearer understanding of the billing process. The initiative follows research in March from the Energy Savings Trust (EST), highlighting consumer confusion over energy costs and bills. The new BizzEnergy bill has been designed to specifically conform to Business Standards Institute (BSI) standards for layout and clarity of data and language.The change comes following consumer feedback about the energy market and the lack of clarity and difficulties understanding bills and invoices. The new billing system is designed to minimise complaints around these issues. BizzEnergy has conducted a trial of the new format and due to positive customer feedback will now be rolling this out to all its existing customers. First introduced in 2005, the BSI standards aim to ensure that customers can be provided with clearly comprehensible, accurate and timely bills and billing related … [Read more...] about BizzEnergy introduces BSI standard billing format
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Trump hopes to negotiate with California on fuel economy standards
Last Updated May 12, 2018 10:20 AM EDT Addressing a key concern for manufacturers, President Trump instructed his administration to explore negotiations with California on achieving a single fuel economy standard for the nation during a meeting with auto industry executives.The president met with top auto executives Friday to discuss the standards and tasked Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to handle the talks with California officials, according to two people briefed on the meeting. The people spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.The auto industry wants to relax the federal fuel economy standards, but not so much that they provoke a legal fight with California, which has power to impose its own stricter tailpipe pollution limits. Such a fight could create two different mileage standards in the U.S., forcing automakers to engineer and produce two versions of each of their … [Read more...] about Trump hopes to negotiate with California on fuel economy standards
Anglian Water on a mission to maintain the high standards in the regions wonderful beaches
PUBLISHED: 09:00 12 May 2018 Ross Bentley Anglian Water BeachCare project at Southend PIC: Matthew Power Photography Archant We have some of the best beaches in the country and Anglian Water’s BeachCare project, run alongside Keep Britain Tidy, is making sure they are in tip top condition all year round, as Regan Harris explains. Beach board advertising 2 minute beach clean initiative Next week marks the start of the official bathing water season and with the beaches across the East of England being some of the nation’s favorites, Anglian Water is on a mission to help keep them in shape this summer. We’re investing over £350,000 this year to protect and maintain the excellent standards of the region’s coastal waters and beaches which tourism economies and businesses rely on and the UK’s population rushes to enjoy at the first sign of sunshine. The money will also be used to help extend Anglian Water’s BeachCare and RiverCare … [Read more...] about Anglian Water on a mission to maintain the high standards in the regions wonderful beaches
London Evening Standard: Theresa May tells Donald Trump she is ‘firmly committed’ to Iran nuclear deal after US withdrawal
Picture: AFP Sofia. Theresa May and Donald Trump have discussed the impact of America pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, Downing Street said, writes the London Evening Standard. A spokesman for Mrs May said the telephone talks covered a range of international issues, saying: "The Prime Minister reiterated the Government's position on the Iran nuclear deal, noting that we and our European partners remain firmly committed to ensuring the deal is upheld as the best way of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. "The Prime Minister raised the potential impact of US sanctions on those firms which are currently conducting business in Iran. They agreed for talks to take place between our teams. "They agreed on the need for calm on all sides and on the importance of tackling Iran's destabilising activity in the region. "The Prime Minister and the President looked forward to [his] visit to the UK in July." © 2018 All rights reserved. Citing Focus Information Agency is … [Read more...] about London Evening Standard: Theresa May tells Donald Trump she is ‘firmly committed’ to Iran nuclear deal after US withdrawal
Trump meets auto executives to discuss fuel standards
US President Donald Trump convened the world's most important auto executives at the White House Friday to review plans to roll back fuel emissions standards and press for increased production in America. Trump also heaped criticism on the North American Free Trade Agreement, the pact currently being rewritten and in which the auto industry features prominently, but gave no hints on whether a deal could be struck by a key deadline next week. "We have at this table the biggest car manufacturers in the world all represented by their top people," Trump said at the start of the meeting. Participants included the leaders of Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, as well as top executives BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen. In addition to rules on auto emissions, Trump said the meeting was focused on "how to build more cars in the United States." "We have great capacity for building. We want a lot of the cars to be made in the United States," the president added. He singled out Fiat … [Read more...] about Trump meets auto executives to discuss fuel standards