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Scandal: Scots anger over energy price rise

Founder and chief executive of Switchcraft.co.uk, Andrew Long said the “biggest scandal” in the energy market is still the way the most vulnerable customers pay the most. “It should be illegal for prepayment customers to be charged more”

The Herald February 6 2021

Regulator raises energy price cap for UK consumers by nearly 10%

Switchcraft said it made “no sense” to increase prices when 2.1m families were already behind on their bills. “The biggest scandal in the energy market is still the way the most vulnerable customers pay the most”.

The Financial Times February 5 2021

Why is my power firm allowed to hold on to £830 of MY money?

Andrew Long is chief executive of Switchcraft which automatically moves customers on to cheaper gas and electricity tariffs. He says: ‘Energy suppliers love to keep your account in credit and then use your money to run their business.”

This is Money January 9 2021

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Energy firms pay out more than £10m in fines for rule-breaking

Switchcraft, said: “It’s great to see Ofgem on the front foot when it comes to enforcement actions against suppliers.

This is Money

July 8 2019

Brilliant Energy becomes tenth energy firm to fail

Auto-switching site Switchcraft, said that with so many customers moving to suppliers and tariffs they had not chosen “the industry is in crisis and the regulator needs to step in”.

The BBC

March 11 2019

British Gas becomes latest supplier to slap customers with energy price cap rise

Switchcraft, added: “British Gas customers will now see £409.5 million added to their energy bills as a result of the price hike.

The Mirror

February 19 2019

‘It’s become so easy to set up an energy firm’: As the bubble bursts, will your supplier be the next to go bust in the challenging year ahead?

Switchcraft, says: ‘There’s a real risk of further bankruptcies. It’s become so easy to set up an energy supplier that many new ones have emerged without a realistic business plan or proper funding.’

The Mail on Sunday

February 17 2019

Why two investment bankers founded an energy switching startup

That startup idea was Switchcraft, an online service where customers enter their details once and are automatically moved to the best possible energy deal.