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The Times 6/12/2010:

"I support, wholeheartedly, the Close the Door campaign, which aims to get shops to keep their entrances shut in the cold weather to save energy. But what I want to know is whether, when it is colder outside your fridge than in it, you should leave the door open." Sathnam Sanghera

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/article2833522.ece

"As winter descends on us in the UK, the number of shops one can see with their doors open and losing heat is striking. I support this campaign and believe that if more people do so then we can move towards a consumer attitude which favours a closed door policy"

Andy Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith

See Early Day Motion for Close the Door last week and please encourage your MP to sign up!

So many thanks to MP Stephen Williams and the Bristol Close the Door group. Also to MPs Julian Huppert and Lorely Burt.

We have had phenomenal press coverage and opportunies over the past two weeks, with the publication of the research results on figures for energy waste through open shop doors coinciding with the start of the very cold weather. The campaign has also had great help from so many people, all of whom we are very grateful to.

Rachel Lankester has handled the PR (including social media) brilliantly, and organised the chance to speak at the Energy Committee of the London Assembly. Find her at [email protected].