http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy Channel RSS feed http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Fuel-price-relief-say-North-Staffordshire-businesses/article-882143-detail/article.html Businesses say £1 a litre petrol has given them respite from economic gloom - but believe the price at the pump is still too high. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:05:00 GMT http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Fuel-price-relief-say-North-Staffordshire-businesses/article-882143-detail/article.html 2008-10-17T09:05:00Z http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Energy-bills-cuts-pre-Budget-wishlist/article-882332-detail/article.html Stemming the spiralling cost of energy tops the list of concerns for bosses ahead of the Budget. The North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry has delivered a wish-list to Chancellor Alistair Darling on behalf of more than 1,000 businesses – and curbing electricity and gas costs is the number one priority. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:46:00 GMT http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Energy-bills-cuts-pre-Budget-wishlist/article-882332-detail/article.html 2008-09-10T09:46:00Z http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Engineering-firm-gears-wind-power-boom/article-882323-detail/article.html Engineering firm Converteam is looking for more than 30 new recruits as it expands on the back of sustainable energy projects. Sales at the Kidsgrove power conversion specialist have surged from £11 million in 2005 to £63 million in 2007 as politicians across the world try to fulfil carbon emission agreements. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:44:00 GMT http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Engineering-firm-gears-wind-power-boom/article-882323-detail/article.html 2008-09-10T09:44:00Z http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/New-business-promises-hot-new-way-beat-gas-hikes/article-882300-detail/article.html Customers fed up with ever-rising gas bills are being targeted by a new solar heating company. Gas fitters Bryan Jones and Paul Cooper have established Burslem-based Total NRG, which will fit solar panels to heat water in homes and businesses. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:42:00 GMT http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/New-business-promises-hot-new-way-beat-gas-hikes/article-882300-detail/article.html 2008-09-10T09:42:00Z http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/High-prices-fuel-growth-pipe-distributor/article-882281-detail/article.html Rising energy prices and spiralling fuel costs are not usually welcomed with open arms by businesses. But for one North Staffordshire company, record oil prices were behind turnover of almost £30 million last year – its first full year of trading. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:40:00 GMT http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/High-prices-fuel-growth-pipe-distributor/article-882281-detail/article.html 2008-09-10T09:40:00Z http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Bosses-action-spiralling-energy-bills/article-882277-detail/article.html Business leaders in Stoke-on-Trent are demanding Government intervention to stop volatile fuel costs harming jobs and profits. Some are even calling for the complete re-nationalisation of energy provision to protect businesses from interrupted supplies and huge price fluctuations. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:38:00 GMT http://www.thisisbusiness-staffordshire.co.uk/energy/Bosses-action-spiralling-energy-bills/article-882277-detail/article.html 2008-09-10T09:38:00Z