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Power generating companies. they are blaming the war in ukraine. there is a significant risk, 0fgem says, of gas shortages this winter. britain could enter a gas supply emergency, and if that happens, supplies would be cut to the largest gas users. that means plain and simply less gas to make electricity for us to consume in our businesses and homes. it is in the advisory letter today. sse has a concern notjust for its consumers but for itself because if it cannot make electricity it faces the prospect of sizeable million pound fines on a daily basis. we have already seen companies in france o...

To offset that which is leading to higher mortgage rates and higher cost of borrowing. to try to curb the mini budget�*s inflationary effect, city traders still expect the bank of england's official rate, currently 2.25%, to rise by more than a percentage point to 3.4% next month and then to 4.4% in december and 5.5% by march. andy verity, bbc news. there mini budget tried to help people with their energy bills and on energy we have heard to from 0fgem, the energy regulator. they say britain faces significant gas shortages because of the war in ukraine and gas supplies from russia. the uk ma...

Out. we know that even in the summer the government were coming up with plans of extreme scenarios where they could be blackouts or shortages but at the same time they have said this about extreme situations. when 0fgem was asked about the potential for blackouts or shortages they said this would be a more challenging winter than previously because of the russian disruption of supplies to gas in europe. they said britain is in a good position compared to other european countries which are more reliant on russian gas but they also say we need to be prepared for all scenarios this winter. so all...

Sometimes more complicated with businesses and households is that households, we can do a very rough way that 0fgem sets the energy price cap, then we can�*t work out how much typical a household uses is a typical a household uses is a typical household. businesses, it will depend what that business is. hairdressers will use a different amount of energy to a major manufacturing company, but all of their costs are important, and they are very unlikely to find a business that doesn�*t use energy in some form. this is why it�*s been done at the moment, across the board. what the moment, acr...

But by less than expected. 0verall there was no growth between may and july, but look at the figures since april. there are now concerns the uk may already be in a recession — decline essentially over six months. september�*s figure may be impacted by the extra bank holiday for the queen�*s state funeral. but the real question is what happens from here. much depends on the detail of the government�*s energy package. for a typical household, energy bills are normally around £,1000 a year, but earlier this year reached nearly £,200. 0fgem had announced it would go up to £3,519 next mo...