BBC Good Food Guide

BBC Good Food Guide

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/

A daily digest of foodie news, gastronomic gossip and culinary titbits from the world in which we eat.

Walking Englishman web site

http://www.walkingenglishman.com/index.aspx

The most comprehensive 100% free content site on the web for Walking in England and Walking on the Web. Great reports of the walks with complimentary pictures. Many popular areas covered. Lots of download routes and everything on this site is for free. This is a humorous and informative site about walking in Great Britain and in Europe. Enjoy the walks which include maps, journals, statistics, elevations and reports of the experience.

Ofgem inquiry into alleged mis-selling

Ofgem, the energy regulator, began a formal investigation yesterday into alleged mis-selling of energy contracts by npower, one of Britain's top six power suppliers.
The inquiry comes after claims that sales representatives of npower - which has 6.8million customers and is owned by RWE, the German utility group - had lied to customers and used illegal practices to sell contracts.
The alleged tactics included exploiting customers with a poor command of English, making people sign forms without revealing that they were contracts and lying about charges.
If found guilty, Ofgem can impose a maximum fine of 10 per cent of RWE's global turnover, which was €42 billion (£33billion) in 2005.



Two weeks ago, Ofgem began an inquiry into alleged market abuse by ScottishPower and Scottish & Southern Energy. In February, it began a competition review and also fined National Grid £42million.

Npower said that it planned to co-operate fully with the Ofgem investigation and that it was “very concerned” about the claims. It said that several staff had been suspended pending disciplinary hearings.

News of the inquiry will infuriate npower's customers, who in January became the first to be hit by the latest round of fuel price rises when the company introduced bill increases of up to 17 per cent.

PRIME

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Visit www.primebusinessclub.com for free business start-up pack and other practical help.

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Duncan & Toplis

Established in 1925, Duncan & Toplis has grown into one of the largest independent firms of chartered accountants.
We have offices throughout the East Midlands, being found in Grantham, Boston, Lincoln, Louth, Melton Mowbray, Newark, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford.
We offer a wide range of services to the small to medium sized family businesses, having particular expertise in the agricultural and healthcare sectors.
First class specialists in their field support all of our services, whether it is in respect of accountancy and audit, taxation or VAT, payroll and human resources or computer services.

As part of the multiple services that we provide our sister company, Castlegate Financial Management Limited, assists many of our clients with both their individual and business financial needs.
Our other sister company, Bishopsgate Corporate Finance Limited, provides corporate finance advice to both clients and non clients.
To access a wealth of information visit our resource centre or download our free factsheets.

http://www.duncan-toplis-accountants.co.uk/