British Gas

My battle with British Gas

29 October 2022 9:00 am

By the time I got through to someone at British Gas to complain about them holding £491 of my money…

Me and the builder boyfriend are going to go without hot water

15 October 2022 9:00 am

‘I’d like my money back please’ was what I was waiting to tell British Gas, if they ever stopped the…

British Gas has turned the builder boyfriend into a socialist

8 October 2022 9:00 am

A cleverly worded email has arrived from British Gas to explain why, despite the Prime Minister’s announcement, my gas and…

A boiler service, spaghetti western-style

9 July 2022 9:00 am

The British Gas engineers arrived in convoy, and the dust from their tyres flew into the air as they came…

In praise of bots

2 October 2021 9:00 am

British Gas finally agreed to service my boiler, for no reason I could make out other than the boiler wasn’t…

Confessions of an insurance junkie

21 February 2015 9:00 am

Never add up your insurance premiums. I just did and the annual cost of all of them came to more…

When I pick the right share, I shout about it. And here’s what I do when I get it wrong...

22 March 2014 9:00 am

When I get it right, I shout about it. And when I get it wrong? Well, just between us…

You, too, can be a shale profiteer

22 February 2014 9:00 am

Here’s how to get a slice of the fracking action

The Great British Rip Off

Portrait of the week

26 October 2013 9:00 am

Home The government agreed a guaranteed price for electricity that persuaded a consortium led by the French-owned EDF Energy and…