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Citizens Advice calls for ban on cold calling after Ofcom study

Citizens Advice is calling for a ban on cold calling following an Ofcom study

Citizens Advice is calling for nuisance calls to be banned after new research from the regulator Ofcom found that 82 per cent of people have been affected by cold calling.

Drop in number of households in fuel poverty in 2011, says DECC

Ed Davey: Government making "progress" on fuel poverty

The Department for Energy & Climate Change says that there was a 250,000 fall in the number of households in fuel poverty in 2011, but that those who are in fuel poverty are finding it even harder to pay their energy bills.

5.5 million taxpayers paid wrong amount of tax last year

HMRC has admitted 5.5m taxpayers have paid the wrong amount of tax

HMRC has admitted that two million people have underpaid tax and up to 3.5 billion have overpaid and are due refunds after completing its end of year review of the PAYE system.

BP and Shell raided by EC in oil price fixing investigation

BP is one company being investigated by the European Commission

BP, Shell, Platts and Statoil are being investigated by the European Commission as it investigates possible fraud in the setting of the benchmark oil rates that impact on petrol prices.

Centrica slated by shareholders over energy prices and pay

British Gas is set for £600 million profits in 2012

Top executives at Centrica were given a rough ride at their annual meeting in London yesterday over the pay of Chief executive Sam Laidlaw and the timing of British Gas energy price increases.

Centrica says profits from winter will delay price rises

British Gas has pledged to hold energy prices for as long as possible

Centrica, the owner of British Gas has promised to hold energy prices at their current level for as long as possible by using profits from the extra winter use.

Morrisons chief says rival voucher discounts hurting sales

Morrisons is to move into online retail in 2014

Morrisons unveiled steady results and confirmed it will take its first step into online retail in partnership with Ocado in 2014 as Sainsbury's announces higher annual profits.

Early Easter hits UK retail sales, down 2.2% in April

Food sales fell in April, hitting retail sales

The timing of Easter and the freezing weather seen at the start of the month caused retail sales to fall by 2.2 per cent on an annual basis.

Consumer spending power boost as shop inflation at 3-year low

The British Retail Consortium reports a big drop in shop price inflation, down to the lowest level since November 2009 as retailers compete to get custom, especially on non-food items.