Consumers have nearly twice as many gripes about businesses as last year but are increasingly choosing not to complain directly to the company concerned, according to new research [more…]
Citizens Advice is calling on Ofgem to use its forthcoming vulnerability strategy to set out how it will better support vulnerable energy customers who fall behind on their bills [more…]
Switching has overtaken customer service as a source of unresolved complaints about energy suppliers and is now second only to billing, according to the Energy Ombudsman (more…)
Want to check the progress of your case, upload more evidence, ask us a question or send us a message? You can now sign in straight from our website (more...)
Ofgem has today announced that new tests for energy suppliers entering the market will be rolled out from June this year. Companies applying for a licence to supply energy will have to demonstrate a number of things to changes which will help drive up standards for customers and reduce the risk of supplier failure (more...)
New measures entitling consumers to automatic compensation when they experience broadband problems took effect last week (more...)
At Ombudsman Services we are keen to play a role in ensuring that the communications sector works for everyone. That’s why we’re welcoming a plan, published by a group of communications sector experts, that calls for all consumers to have access to affordable, reliable broadband and phone services (more...)
As the Energy Ombudsman we’re here to help consumers, but part of our role is also to help businesses put things right quickly and effectively (more...)
To mark International Women’s Day, we’re reflecting on our ongoing efforts to build a better balance through bringing talented men and women together at all levels of the organisation (more...)
As an ombudsman, part of our long-term mission is to help reduce and ultimately end consumer detriment. That’s why we were encouraged by the UK competition watchdog’s recent announcement that it wants to put consumers at the heart of the competition regime (more...)
Residential and business customers purchasing broadband from 1 March 2019 are set to benefit from a revision of Ofcom codes of practice - but it’s not compulsory for providers to sign up (more...)
Mobile network operator Three has made Ombudsman Services its third-party alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider for a further two years, following a competitive tender process (more...)
Economy Energy, an energy supplier with about 235,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade. Energy regulator Ofgem made the announcement today (8 January) (more...)
One Select, an energy supplier with about 36,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade. Energy regulator Ofgem says it will choose a new supplier as quickly as possible to take on One Select’s customers (more...)
The new head of the UK’s largest multi-sector ombudsman says the organisation is modernising and innovating in order to stay relevant to consumers and businesses (more...)
Spark Energy Supply Limited, a domestic energy supplier with about 290,000 customers, has ceased trading. David Pilling, head of policy at Ombudsman Services, which operates the Energy Ombudsman scheme, responds. more...
Extra Energy has announced it has ceased trading. Matthew Vickers, chief executive at Ombudsman Services, which operates the Energy Ombudsman scheme, responds. (more...))
Ofgem has confirmed that the energy price cap will come into force on 1 January 2019. (more...)
Vulnerability was one of the main discussion points at the fringe event we held at the Conservative Party conference earlier this month. (more...)
Ombudsman Services is part of a new working group of housing experts tasked by the government with helping to raise standards across the property agent sector. (more...)
Doteveryone says an Office for Responsible Technology would empower regulators, inform the public and policymakers and help consumers to “seek redress from technology-driven harms.” (more...)
Wide-ranging new rules designed to give consumers greater protection came into force for the telecoms industry earlier this week. (more...)
Matthew Vickers comments on a new Citizens Advice report out today, which reveals that customers are losing out on over £4bn a year by staying loyal to companies. (more...)
Earlier this week we held a fringe event at the Labour Party conference, called Transforming UK Markets to Work for Consumers. Here are five key takeaways. (more...)
Ofgem has today published its biennial complaints survey, which looks at how effectively larger energy suppliers are handling complaints compared to two years ago. Matthew Vickers, chief executive and chief Ombudsman at the Energy Ombudsman, comments. (more...)
Ombudsman Services has today announced that it will withdraw from complaints handling in the property sector as it launches a major dialogue with consumers to help tackle an ‘imbalance in power’ in the housing sector. (more...)
Ombudsman Services (OS) is reminding property and housing companies that today (Monday 6 August) marks its last day handling consumer complaints in the sector. (more...)
We have been appointed by BBC TV Licensing as the final escalation point in its complaint handling process. Chief Ombudsman Lewis Shand Smith comments.(more...)
More than half (59%) of all purchases made in 2017 were in sectors without adequate levels of consumer protection, a new report by Ombudsman Services has found. (more...)
If you are a consumer who has already registered a complaint about Iresa with us, please be aware that we are in the process of reviewing your case and will be in touch in due course with more information on next steps. (more...)