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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Hospitality industry asks UK watchdog to look into ‘entrenched’ energy bill problems

A person working in cafe wearing apron making a coffee in machine
Most small- and medium-sized firms are forced to use unregulated brokers to secure a supply deal with a big energy company. Photograph: Jacob Lund/Alamy

Hundreds of hospitality companies have called on the UK’s competition watchdog to investigate the energy market amid fears that small businesses may have been overcharged.

A trade body representing the sector, UKHospitality, has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) calling for an investigation after consistently warning that businesses have been unable to get a fair deal in the energy market in recent years.

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