Energy costs for all UK businesses, charities and public sector bodies will be cut as part of a huge relief package, the government has announced.
The new Energy Bill Relief Scheme will provide a discount to all firms for six months from October 1.
Wholesale energy costs will be capped at "less than half" for all non-domestic customers under the scheme, in a bid to protect them from soaring prices so they are "able to get through the winter".
Hospitals, community halls, schools and care homes as well as restaurants, pubs, hairdressers, manufacturers and other non-domestic consumers will be covered by the cap.
A parallel scheme will be established in Northern Ireland.
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