I hope it has occurred to you what is coming on Friday, thats regards the energy price cap moving.
We have seen tens of companies fold as they were not insulated (I'd laugh but it's not appropriate really, and there'll be some drip cable tied to my pc next...) from the energy price increases that have graduated from minor inconvenience to fully fledged panic, through a mixture of covid, kremlin, staffing, greed and transportation mis/plannings.
Gas is circa 60% more expensive, elec some 30% more, forecourts have seen an across the board 20% increase etc in spite of Richie Rich Sunak prostrating himself for the sake of his great buddy Boris best interests with a 5p off a litre tax cut that was instantaneously absorbed by those doing the selling*
(*figures are rough and not all companies and supermarkets jumped on the 5p cut in all honesty but still)
So some energy suppliers have folded and customers absorbed elsewhere, some companies have gone to the wire and survived on borrowed monies and former profits, so...
...those left in the market will be eyeballing any possible future increases in base cost then adding their take on top so as to claw back whats been lost and or to provide some margin to rely on if things get worse.
Ukraine will still be the headline in this Fridays news but its families, its pensioners, its young kids that gets the bulk of the coverage with the 'cost of living' pandemic now sweeping the country/europe. Buckle up cos it aint going to be pretty.