British Gas engineers ‘fired’ as deadline for signing new contracts ends
Hundreds of British Gas engineers who refused to sign new ‘fire and rehire’ contracts have allegedly been sacked. GMB Union said British Gas moved forward with the mass sackings as the deadline for...
View ArticleCentrica expects to save more than £100m in 2021
British Gas owner Centrica has said it is expecting year-on-year operating cost savings of more than £100 million this year. The company’s reconstructing process, part of which was the controversial...
View ArticleCan Britain’s smallest town go electric?
The smallest town in Britain, a small village which grew in the Middle Ages as a port for boats, Fordwich in east Kent is to go big when it comes to EVs. A partnership between British Gas and Ford has...
View Article‘Retrofit funds’ for ditching gas boilers?
Centrica has urged the government to introduce a scheme that could encourage more households to replace their fossil-fuel-based heating systems with low carbon alternatives. The British Gas owner...
View ArticleThames Water ties with British Gas on water saving drive
Thames Water has announced a new partnership with British Gas in a bid to help customers save money and water. The partnership will see British Gas providing its plumbing and drainage services to...
View Article‘Give or miss’: Consortium calls on government to support green homes or risk...
A group of 14 organisations and businesses has today called on the government to offer grants to homeowners to make green improvements or miss its net zero target. The signatories from across the...
View ArticleBritish Gas to freeze standard tariff direct debits until next year
British Gas has announced plans to freeze direct debit payments of customers on its standard variable tariffs (SVTs) until February. The energy supplier said it will assess the market outlook in...
View ArticleBritish Gas takes over customers of failed suppliers PfP Energy and MoneyPlus...
Ofgem has appointed British Gas to take on customers of PfP Energy and MoneyPlus Energy, the two suppliers that went bust last week. That means the company will start supplying PfP Energy’s...
View ArticleCentrica to recruit and train 3,500 apprentices in green skills jobs boost
Centrica has made a commitment to recruit and train around 3,500 apprentices over the next 10 years to support the UK economy in providing the green skills required to deliver the net zero goal. The...
View ArticleBritish Gas takes over customers of People’s Energy
British Gas will take on customers of the failed supplier, People’s Energy, Ofgem said. That follows the announcement last Tuesday, that Utility Point and People’s Energy went under, affecting nearly...
View ArticleAdministrators appointed to PfP Energy
Supplier PfP Energy that ceased to trade on 7th September has appointed three members of the financial advisory services firm Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP as joint administrators. The company...
View ArticleCentrica’s event, another casualty of energy crisis
Centrica has announced it will postpone its Capital Markets Event due to the current conditions in the UK’s energy market. The major investor event was planned to take place on 16th November. The...
View ArticleCentrica boss: “We must make sure this energy crisis will not happen again”
The Chief Executive of Centrica, owner of British Gas has said Ofgem and policymakers need to take action to make sure this energy crisis will not happen again. Speaking to Sky News, Chris O’Shea said:...
View ArticleRegulator rules British Gas ads as “misleading”
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled British Gas aired two ads for its HomeCare Cover service that were “misleading”. The UK’s regulator of advertising had previously received 24...
View ArticleFailed suppliers’ collapses to add an extra £100 on bills, Centrica boss warns
Billpayers could face at least £100 in extra costs as a result of the collapses of a string of energy suppliers. That’s according to Chris O’Shea, Chief Executive of British Gas owner Centrica who...
View ArticleCentrica to add up to 800MW of solar and battery storage by 2025
Centrica, the British Gas owner, has launched a Climate Transition plan which outlines how the company intends to become a net zero business by 2045. Under this plan, the company will build a portfolio...
View ArticleOfgem appoints five suppliers to take over customers of six collapsed firms
Energy market regulator Ofgem has just announced the appointment of five suppliers that will continue supplying energy to customers of six companies that recently went bust. More specifically: Pozitive...
View ArticleAnother energy supplier enters administration
As the crisis in the UK energy market escalates, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been appointed as joint administrators of Zebra Power Limited. The energy supplier had experienced financial hardship...
View ArticleBritish Gas warns customers over ‘icy blast’ that could last up to six weeks
As temperatures are forecast to plummet in the next few days, the UK’s biggest energy supplier British Gas has warned its customers to prepare their heating systems to avoid breakdowns. The company...
View ArticleFormer British Gas CEO joins IMServ as Chairman
Energy data management provider IMServ has announced it has appointed Ian Peters as Chairman. Mr Peters currently holds the Chair of the UK Health Security Agency, an executive agency of the Department...
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