How to cut your heating bill while working from home

How to keep your winter heating bill down while working from home

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Half the workforce will be based at home over the next few months
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“Half of the UK’s workforce is likely to work primarily from home over the coming months,” says Jillian Ambrose in The Guardian. This “may see their winter energy bills rise by a fifth as radiators and boilers are kept running through the day”. The Energy Helpline says the average household energy bill will rise by £107 this winter as a result of people working from home five days a week. That is an overall extra £1.9bn between October and March.

That means it is more important than ever to make sure you are paying the lowest price possible for your gas and electricity. Unfortunately, simply tapping your details into a price-comparison website and opting for the cheapest energy supplier is no longer the best solution.

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