As bets go for those of a punting persuasion, it was a bit like putting money on Manchester United for the Premiership and then the bookie telling you you can have a bonus payout for every point by which United beats the rest.... more
Energy analysis: Time was when British Energy used to published a monthly output statement. To be fair, the regular updates were truly as dull as listening to the Scottish Second Division football results...... more
The last of British Energy's four nuclear reactors to return from lengthy repairs that began in late 2007 was restarted, the company's new owner said... more
Up to half a dozen blue-chip companies face losing their place as constituents of the Footsie 100 index when the regular quarterly review is undertaken later this week... more
Up to 15,000 jobs were being lined up as two of Britain's major industrial companies were brought in to help the French build Britain's new fleet of nuclear power stations... more
Energy: Profits at British Energy have collapsed as the state of the company's ageing reactors saw nuclear output plunge 30% year on year and almost 50% from production levels five years ago... more
He really can't resist it, can he? You might think that after more than a decade of introducing economically trivial, crowd pleasing measures as Chancellor, Gordon Brown could kick the habit as Prime Minister... more
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
City shareholders killed off the £12 billion sell-off of British Energy to the French at the eleventh hour after an evening of fraught tensions in the Square Mile... more
Gordon Brown's energy policy is in tatters after a deal to sell Britain's nuclear power plants to a French company collapsed at the last minute... more
Dungeness in Kent, Bradwell in Essex and Sizewell in Suffolk are named as preferred sites for the building of atomic reactors by nuclear electricity generator British Energy... more
French electricity monopoly EDF is the forerunner to take over UK nuclear energy generator British Energy in a deal that could be worth £10 billion.... more
Bill Coley's appointment as chief executive of Britain's top power producer may have smacked of desperation but he's now made it an attractive takeover target... more
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