Whilst we struggle with bills, BG profits up.

dude89

howee wrote: »

The whole country seems to be anti energy firms but its only because the Gov and the BBC won't put the argument into context IE not explaining that our prices are competitive in comparison with other EU countries if not cheaper. The other elephant in the room is a booming world all wanting the same energy, 50% of Indians currently don't have mains electric but that's not going to be the case in a few years to come. It's got to go up its that simple yet folk don't bat an eye lid at buying an IPhone on a £40 per month contract.

But surely taking the side of the the energy companies would make the public not vote for them? Politicians will only say whatever the public wanna hear as long as they get re elected. When was the last time you heard a politician say "energy prices are rising around the world but we still have a very competitive price on the European market. The only way we could see an immediate reduction is by removing all the green Extras that WE have added to your bill at a cost of £100s plus the vat which makes us an extra £xxx a year"

So bg make 5% profit pet customer and everybody complains.

The government makes 5% vat off each customer (20% for business) plus any additional taxes and nobody says anything. Why pay VAT on a necessity like gas and electric. You don't pay vat on certain foods of even your water bills. So why pay it on gas and electric

MillicentBystander

dude89 wrote: »

But surely taking the side of the the energy companies would make the public not vote for them? Politicians will only say whatever the public wanna hear as long as they get re elected. When was the last time you heard a politician say "energy prices are rising around the world but we still have a very competitive price on the European market. The only way we could see an immediate reduction is by removing all the green Extras that WE have added to your bill at a cost of £100s plus the vat which makes us an extra £xxx a year"

So bg make 5% profit pet customer and everybody complains.

The government makes 5% vat off each customer (20% for business) plus any additional taxes and nobody says anything. Why pay VAT on a necessity like gas and electric. You don't pay vat on certain foods of even your water bills. So why pay it on gas and electric

Some people do

I guess talking of easy businesses, how about the Govt just creaming off their 5% from every household whilst making sure they make the right noises about how seriously they take the industry and where it's going (they don't really)

dude89

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Some people do

Apologies, I missed that. Glad to see somebody else on the same wavelength

ollski

Wish I could get back onto the peanuts paid to the 'big 6', like most rural / semi rural properties I am on lpg.