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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

Centrica delights with cut-price deals

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

The awkward truth about this ‘green energy’ Budget

23.04.09
The return of King Coal, a kickstart for the stalled wind revolution, the bridging of the UK energy gap - that is three ways of looking at a Budget... 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

Scargill is right - for 25 years Labour has failed to appreciate King Coal

12.03.09
It was always going to be Arthur Scargill who would reopen the deep wounds that have scarred the Labour movement...... 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

Don't leave an Egg sale off the Citi cuts menu

19.11.08
While the headlines about Citigroup's latest round of bloodletting say 52,000 jobs are being axed, the US bank won't make even half that number redundant... more

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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 protests too much about fat-cat dividends

04.08.08
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HBOS boss spins his way out of trouble - for now

01.08.08
With the bank results reporting season in full swing, this year's sweet-talking-of-investors tactic is becoming clearer... 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

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

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

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

Be ready for big rises in gas, consumers warned

24.06.08
Energy chiefs have admitted that millions of customers may be paying too much for power... 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 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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