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Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost shares 5 top spring bulbs

If you haven’t planted your spring bulbs yet, it’s time to get started, if you want a riot of colour next year. Gardeners’ World’s Adam Frost takes a slightly different approach, planting bulbs in the green (while they have leaves) – unless he’s ...

26 Sept 2022 at 09:00

Bulb boss still being paid £250,000 a year despite collapse, MPs told

The boss of bailed-out energy supplier Bulb is still being paid the same £250,000 salary that he was collecting before the business went into administration. Hayden Wood, who set up the company, was asked by administrators to stay on in his ...

19 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Life

It’s time to plant your summer bulbs – but which should you choose?

No sooner have your daffodils popped up, it’s time to start thinking about what beautiful bulbs you want to grace your garden in summer. Fragrant lilies, dahlias, gladioli and tiger flowers, lollipop-style alliums and deep mauve agapanthus ...

08 Mar 2022 at 09:55

Together Energy collapses, leaving 176,000 needing a new supplier

Together Energy has become the 26th energy company in just five months to be buried under the weight of soaring gas prices. The business has exited the market, regulator Ofgem said, leaving its 176,000 household customers without an ...

18 Jan 2022 at 16:55

News

Price rises that overwhelmed energy suppliers to hit consumers in 2022

Soaring gas prices consigned a string of energy suppliers to the graveyard in 2021, and will lead to runaway household bills next year as the sector continues to struggle. Energy suppliers had been paying 54p per therm of gas at ...

23 Dec 2021 at 10:33

Cost of Bulb bailout rises to £6.5bn

The cost to the taxpayer of bailing out energy supplier Bulb has soared to nearly four times initial expectations, according to a new forecast. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the Government’s official forecaster, ...

17 Nov 2022 at 17:08

Life

Are grape hyacinths good for you?

It’s almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they are only distantly ...

29 Aug 2022 at 11:30

City

Government provides up to £4.5bn to fund Bulb takeover by Octopus

The UK Government will pay up to £4.5 billion to help fund the takeover of collapsed energy firm Bulb by rival supplier Octopus, according to new filings. It came after the takeover was closed shortly before midnight ...

21 Dec 2022 at 16:07

Energy supplier collapses likely to cost around £2.7bn, report finds

Household energy bills are likely to increase by around £2.7 billion to cover the costs of the 28 energy suppliers that have gone bust in the last year, it has emerged. The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that, ...

22 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Life

How to force bulbs to flower at Christmas

It may seem a long time until Christmas, but if you want beautifully scented indoor hyacinths and other bulbs such as dwarf narcissi for the festive season you need to think about planting ‘forced’ bulbs now. ...

21 Aug 2023 at 08:00

Life

These are the best shorter daffodils to plant now for spring – according to RHS trials

It’s time to plant spring-flowering daffodils. But which do you choose if you want shorter varieties which will easily slot into pots among other favourites, or provide a splash of colour in a raised bed or ...

19 Sept 2023 at 07:30

Judges to rule on High Court challenge over sale of energy company Bulb

Judges are set to give their ruling on a High Court challenge over the Government’s handling of the sale of collapsed energy firm Bulb. Scottish Power, British Gas and Eon claimed that an “unfair sale ...

31 Mar 2023 at 02:45

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