Online bill from Bulb Energy, now in administration. Constantly increasing bills, changing debits and customers struggling with Ofgem price cap

Online bill from Bulb Energy, now in administration. Constantly increasing bills, changing debits and customers struggling with Ofgem price cap Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JPF7MF

File size:

47.3 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4536 x 3648 px | 38.4 x 30.9 cm | 15.1 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

17 August 2022

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. This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Online bill from Bulb Energy, now in administration. Constantly increasing bills, changing debits and customers struggling with Ofgem price cap. A broader reading of the photograph includes place identity, before-and-after reference, everyday life, architectural detail, contemporary social history, local character, historic streetscape, cityscape history, documentary photography, historic townscape, historical comparison, local history, period detail, and heritage landmark. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. Small period details of signage and branding at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes conservation architecture, architectural character, period building, changing streetscape, urban fabric, built heritage, changing land use, and community identity. References to price, Ofgem, administration, bills, and Online give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character when considered against later change at the recorded location. The wider significance includes tourism and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes period character as part of the recorded location's history.