Energy firm with 80,000 customers goes bust as bills jump £111

A SMALL energy firm with tens of thousands of customers has gone bust.

Rebel Energy announced today it is ceasing to trade, becoming the latest energy firm to go under.

It comes as energy bills have just risen for millionsGetty

It means about 80,000 customers in the UK are now left without a supplier.

However these customers won’t see any disruption to their energy supplies as they are protected by regulator Ofgem.

Any funds that have been paid into...