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‘Round up’ banking enables people in France to save without realising
The method is seen as a way for shoppers who might normally struggle to save to build up extra cash
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When is ‘chauffage collectif’ (communal heating) switched on in France?
Around one in five people have a communal heating system
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Electricity prices will reduce for most French households in January
However the government will seek to increase tax on usage
Cut-price power in-store
Supermarket giant E.Leclerc will this autumn start offering to supply electricity to customers at prices that will be 16% below the regulated price for energy.
In theory, that could save €200 a year for many households... but Leclerc will offer the savings as money-off vouchers for its stores.
Regulated tariffs offered by historic energy supplier EDF are still used by 26.5million households but other ‘market price’ suppliers undercut costs significantly without the need to shop at Leclerc.