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205:, which merged Postwatch, Energywatch and the Welsh, Scottish and National Consumer Councils as a single organisation under the Consumer Focus brand. The Act gave Consumer Focus the right to investigate any consumer complaint if it is of wider interest, the right to open up information from providers, the power to conduct research and the ability to make an official super-complaint about failing services. 2309: 208:
The Government announced in October 2010 that as part of its spending review, Consumer Focus would be abolished, and the Consumer Direct helpline would be taken over by the Citizens Advice Bureau network. The Government announced that some Consumer Focus' functions would transfer to Citizens Advice,
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about suppliers' billing practices. In response, OFGEM reduced the period within which suppliers could back-bill customers, and required suppliers to introduce a Billing Code of Practice on billing and an ombudsman scheme to resolve difficult complaints. Other issues tackled by Energywatch included
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service, and in May 2013 Consumer Focus was renamed Consumer Futures. It was abolished as a non-departmental public body on 1 April 2014, when it was merged into Citizens Advice.
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The organisation offered consumer information and advice, and pursued certain complaints which the energy suppliers have failed to resolve. In March 2005, Energywatch made a
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The National Consumer Council undertook a study published in 2008 which found issues with the way 17 major IT businesses had been using
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Companies with headquarters and/or registered office in the UK but no applicable energy operations within the country shown in
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and electricity consumers in England, Scotland and Wales. Energywatch was created in November 2000 under the provisions of the
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Ultimate parent company is not UK-based Integrated in the United States, no generation or supply activities in the UK
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to help customers with any issues or complaints they had with any Postal Service (including the
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in the UK in recent years has increased four-fold, to 1.2 million in 2009.
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One of the first causes taken up by Consumer Focus after its establishment was
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Number of payday loan users has quadrupled – Consumer Focus research reveals
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Keeping the plates spinning: Perceptions of payday loans in Great Britain
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energy mis-selling, customer transfers, debt issues, and disconnection.
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Decarbonisation measures in proposed UK electricity market reform
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Postwatch worked to ensure customers receive the best possible
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was charged with protecting and promoting the interests of all
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Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
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In 2008, Energywatch was disbanded and replaced with
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The National Consumer Council was established by the
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Index

Vince Cable
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
www.consumerfutures.org.uk
non-departmental public body
consumer organisation
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
UK Government
2010 Spending Review
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Citizens Advice Bureau
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
Citizens Advice Scotland
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
Public Bodies Act 2011
End-user licence agreements
computer software
Office of Fair Trading
fuel poverty
payday loans in the United Kingdom
payday loans
gas
Utilities Act 2000
Allan Asher
super-complaint
OFGEM
Consumer Direct

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