 But despite the Ombudsman now finding in Mr Rahim's favour, he says Maxen Power still hasn't heeded the orders to put things right. The company claimed that they had acted on the basis that he hadn't paid the £9,000 he owed them. But Mr Rahim - who had enlisted the services of an energy broker, Free Energy Help, to help him fight back against their claims - was waiting for Maxen to provide an accurate invoice based on the meter readings he'd supplied, rather than on estimates, as they had been doing previously. The energy disconnection forced the Village Grill to close for two weeks, leaving Mr Rahim sitting at home in Littleover, losing money and worrying about how to save his business He said: 'It's very upsetting. I've run this business for 25 years and never had a problem before. That's why we're still running after all this tim){kind=link}
Mr Rahim, 53, who has run the establishment for 25 years, arrived at work one afternoon to find that someone had broken into the back of his shop
An energy company that pulled the plug on a popular takeaway has been forced to apologise after a lengthy battle.
The Village Grill, a well-loved takeaway in Derby, went dark after supplier Maxen Power disconnected the electricity meter in July.
Owner Mohammed Rahim went to open his business on the afternoon of July 20, only to find he couldn’t open the motorised shutters on the front of the property.
Mr Rahim,53, who has run the establishment for 25 years, was baffled until he found that someone had broken into the back of the shop and left the back shutter half drawn.