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Giant Centrica deal gives hope to future funding of green energy

28.10.09
Centrica pulled off the world’s biggest wind-power refinancing deal in a joint venture between private equity and banks that is set to become a model for the industry ... more

The next big deal?

10.09.09
The Deal is back. Kraft’s unsolicited £10 billion bid for Cadbury. The merger of T-Mobile and Orange to form Britain’s largest mobile phone operator. Investment bankers are slavering after 18 months of what former senior Tory Alan Duncan might term “living on rations” ... more

Venture takeover a coup for gas-hungry Centrica

24.08.09
Centrica has won the battle to gain control of the North Sea gas producer Venture Production ... more

Buoyant British Gas fuels hope of cheaper energy

30.07.09
British Gas customers are hoping for lower household energy bills after owner Centrica reported an 80% jump in profits at its residential supply arm ... more

Bid target Venture forced to deny it is seeking £10 a share offer

13.07.09
Venture Production was today forced by the Takeover Panel to clarify that, contrary to weekend reports, it is not holding out for an offer of £10 a share, though two of its main shareholders are... more

Shares on climb as talk of takeovers whets appetites

13.07.09
Shares rallied from opening falls after several billion pounds' worth of takeovers were dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites ... more

Sell-off in miners leaves the takeovers buzz feeling flat

13.07.09
Shares were on the slide again today despite several billion pounds' worth of takeovers being dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites... more

Centrica in BG tie-up to get Caribbean gas

02.06.09
Centrica is to team up with its old sister firm BG Group to develop a gas field in the Caribbean and secure future energy supplies for the UK ... more

Centrica delights with cut-price deals

11.05.09
The City was cheering British Gas group Centrica ... more

Cold winter warms up British Gas performance

11.05.09
British Gas admitted that last week's 10% cut in household electricity prices only came after the business had had an excellent winter from the nation turning up the heating to beat the cold... more

Centrica boosted by talk of 3i oil and gas sell-offs

27.04.09
Cash-strapped venture capital group 3i has confirmed plans to raise hundreds of million of pounds to strengthen its balance sheet ... more

Duo locked in British Energy stake talks

03.04.09
Centrica and French utility EDF were reported to be at loggerheads over the planned sale of a 25% stake in nuclear generator British Energy... more

Bears howling as insurers are lifted by Pru's strength

19.03.09
Stock-market bears, who have been selling the life assurers aggressively short in recent weeks, claiming they would be the next casualties of the banking crisis, were feeling the pain today as their shares soared.... more

Bidders have Venture and BowLeven in their sights

18.03.09
The oil and gas sector was set alight after Centrica parked its tanks on the North Sea gas platforms of Venture Production, and unloved African explorer BowLeven received a takeover offer valuing it at more than treble its London-quoted price... more

Forget the past, now it could be time to learn to love British Gas

05.03.09
Energy Analysis: These are funny old times when the first thing a chief executive does is go out of his way to tell you that profits have crashed at one of his main businesses... more

£15bn spend by Centrica set to create jobs for 1500

26.02.09
Energy: Centrica has pledged to create 1500 “green-collar” jobs and spend £15 billion by 2020 on plugging the UK’s energy gap... more

Should Centrica walk away from Britain’s nuclear timebomb?

22.01.09
Analysis: You could be forgiven for thinking the go-ahead for the unwanted construction of a third runway at Heathrow airport is nothing but a carbon dioxide-filled smokescreen... more

Market report: Centrica is held back by fears over its cash-raiser

15.12.08
British Gas operator Centrica was one of the biggest casualties among the top 100 companies, falling 17½p to 234¾p as brokers set about placing the rump of its recent £2.2 billion rights issue, worth almost £279 million... more

Centrica £2bn cash call for Energy buy

31.10.08
British Gas owner Centrica is to tap shareholders for £2.2 billion to fund the acquisition of a 25% stake in British Energy... more

Centrica’s key role as EDF snaps up Energy

24.09.08
Energy: British Gas group Centrica hailed a new role in the future of nuclear energy in the UK as it said it is close to taking a 25% stake in the £12.5 billion takeover of British Energy by EDF... more

Centrica ponders a merger move over British Energy

04.08.08
Shares in British Energy were lighting up again today after British Gas group was forced to say whether it has any takeover plans. ... more

Centrica protests too much about fat-cat dividends

04.08.08
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Business model is out of gas

31.07.08
While people are now beginning to understand how soaring fuel prices are destroying the airline industry, there is less awareness of the devastating effect it is having elsewhere and in particular how the energy sector faces a huge challenge... more

Centrica's dividend up after gas bills rocket

31.07.08
British Gas parent company's announcement of a 16% hike in shareholder dividend has come just a day after customers are hit with huge price rises... more

Gas chiefs are given bonuses

31.07.08
British Gas bosses are set to share a £250,000 windfall just one day after the firm announced record-breaking price rises of up to 35 per cent... more

France's EDF 'seals British Energy' deal

25.07.08
British Energy has agreed to a takeover by France's EDF for 775p a share, valuing the nuclear company at £12.4 billion, according to insiders... more

Centrica in £190 million Norwegian oil and gas asset spree

09.07.08
British Gas parent splashes out to grab assets it says will leave it better able to control costs to UK consumers... more

Centrica 'is facing a £400m hit' on earnings

12.05.08
Earnings at British Gas group set to tumble by hundreds of millions as its household energy charges fail to keep pace with wholesale gas prices... more

Centrica anger as gas prices 'are forced up'

03.04.08
British Gas owner Centrica accuses its European rivals of forcing up gas prices ... more

Centrica to put soaring profits into UK power

21.02.08
British Gas group Centrica has pledged £10billion to shoring up Britain's energy supplies.... more

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