Smart Energy GB is encouraging households to explore how a smart meter's in-home display can help track and manage energy use. New research has shown that 89% of adults with a smart meter find their in-home display useful. Also, 38% used it more this winter than last to monitor their gas and electricity use much [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is urging consumers in South Scotland who have been moved to prepayment meters (PPMs) to submit their feedback to a review being conducted by energy regulator Ofgem. Ofgem says it is keenly aware of how difficult things are for many households at present with unprecedented rises in energy bills forcing many into [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has cut the ribbon at the official opening of Credit Union House, the new headquarters of Capital Credit Union (CCU). Mr Whitfield joined CCU’s President Sonia Johnston and several of the credit union’s friends, partners and supporters at the opening. Capital Credit Union (CCU) was established in 1989 and is one of [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined a cross-party group of parliamentary colleagues in backing the innovative housing-with-care model as key to tackling the challenges of an ageing population. In the Scottish Parliament last week, several MSPs pledged their support for new forms of housing and social care, which provide older people with independent living alongside care, [...]
