Utilities

Utilities - introduction

Save on gas, electricity and other home utilities including home telephone, internet phone services and broadband with cheap deals direct from leading utility suppliers and free and convenient online utility price comparison and switching services. See also broadband internet access.

Featured utilities sites

uSwitchuSwitch Commended

Are you paying too much for your gas, electricity or home broadband? Find out with uSwitch, one of the UK's most popular utility comparison sites. Check their free price comparison and switching services for gas, electricity and broadband - a few clicks could save you literally hundreds of pounds.

British Gas EnergyBritish Gas Commended

British Gas offers various price plans for supplying your home with gas and / or electricity, including online price plans, where you manage your bills entirely online with no paper bills. Check their gas and electricity prices by entering your postcode and usage. Dual fuel plans usually work out cheaper.

Sky TVSky Commended

Join Sky TV for digital TV choices including entertainment, film, sport and music in high definition and 3D. Depending on where you live, you could also benefit from big savings by choosing a deal that bundles Sky home phone, Sky broadband and Sky TV together into a single monthly bill.


More gas, electricity and other utilities

Alert Me

The SmartEnergy monitoring kit and energy display could help you reduce your home's energy use and save on utility bills. Monitoring info can be viewed online or via an iPhone app. You can even switch appliances off remotely using optional SmartPlugs. AlertMe also offers SmartMonitoring for home security purposes.

British Gas BoilersBritish Gas Boilers

Need a new or replacement gas boiler? Book a free appointment online today with British Gas. Their advisers perform a free home energy assessment when they visit, which could help to make your home more energy efficient and reduce your utility bills. Boiler quotes are fixed, with nothing more to pay even if unexpected work needs to be done when they install your new boiler.

British Gas HomeCareBritish Gas HomeCare

"There are four levels of HomeCare®, starting from £15 per month, which offer increasing levels of care for boilers, central heating systems, plumbing, drains and home electrics with an annual boiler service. From safety and maintenance checks to breakdown repair.

Plus a more price sensitive product – HomeCare Flexi, which offers a lower monthly price with a fixed fee of £50 for every completed repair.

We are able to offer further competitive advantage by being one of the only such service providers with our over 7,000 dedicated Gas Safe Registered engineers.

We also offer boiler & controls insurance & central heating insurance, from just £6.50 per month which cares for your boiler and controls without an annual service."

BT ShopBT Vision

Shop direct with BT to buy corded and cordless telephones for home and office use. BT's official online store also offers a host of other computing and technology products including computers, printers, networking and home entertainment - they even sell televisions and games consoles.

EDF EnergyEDF Energy

Visit EDF Energy's website to learn about and get prices for competitively-priced gas and electricity price plans. Product options include flexible, capped and fixed price tariffs. There's also an online energy shop, selling products that can help you to reduce your utility bills whilst also being kinder to the environment.

Energy Helpline

Without obligation or revealing any personal information, Energy Helpline can identify potential ways for you to save money on your electricity and gas bills. You can be quoted based on quarterly or monthly payment and also on green tariffs. If you do decide to switch utility supplier, you can change online in most cases.

Localphone

Localphone offers cheap international phone calls from the UK for calls made from landline phones, mobiles and computers. Calls are charged at a low rate per minute with no service fees or connection or service charges. Just pay for the calls you make by dialling low cost, dedicated numbers for your contacts.

npower

One of the UK's big six utility providers, npower supplies gas and electricity to millions of customers. npower's various price plans are well presented and easy to understand. Electricity supply options include Juice, which matches electricity used by customers with power generated from green / renewable sources.

Rebtel

Rebtel offers a cheap and quick alternative to old fashioned international calling cards. Get unique local phone numbers for each of your international and local contacts. Add them to your phone's contact list and you could make big savings on phone calls compared to your phone provider's standard rates.

Scottish Power

Enter your postcode followed by a few simple questions about your current electricity and/or gas supply arrangements to find out how much you could save by switching supplier to Scottish Power, which has over 5 million UK customers and a strong track record in offering competitive online-only tariffs.

Scottish and Southern Energy

iplan is a evolutionary new energy product from Scottish and Southern Energy that helps you: PLAN your energy use to suit you; TRACK how much energy you've saved; and SAVE money by cutting your bills. All this and you'll receive a FREE Smart Energy Kit when you join. Plus pay no more than standard energy. Energy suppliers within the SSE group are Southern Electric (England), Scottish Hydro (Scotland) and Swalec (Wales). Also offers new gas boilers with installation.

Top up TV

Top Up TV enables Freeview owners to watch paid-for television content via an aerial. Their own Freeview+ digital television recorders also enable customers to pause, record and rewind live TV with no subscription cost. Viewing packages are charged per month, but without any ongoing contractual commitment.

VoIP Converse

As Voice over IP / VoIP phone calling grows in popularity, users are understandably keen to use phones that match their particular needs. VoIP Converse offers a wide choice of VoIP USB phones, Skype cordless phones, Skype phones for businesses and Skype WiFi phones.

Vonage

If you have broadband, you may be able to save on your phone bills. Vonage provides VoIP (voice over IP) phone calling packages with services featuring free local UK calls and free or cheap international calls. Vonage can be used anywhere with a broadband connection. You can even keep your current phone number. Try it risk-free, thanks to a 30 day money-back satisfaction guarantee.

Which? SwitchEDF Energy

Accredited by Consumer Focus, Which? Switch's gas and electricity price comparison and switching service operates on a not-for-profit basis. Visit their site to compare gas and electricity prices with what you're currently paying. Switching your utility supplier could save a lot more money than you think.


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