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    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Centrica PLC
      Centrica reinstates dividend as profits soar during energy crisis

      Operating profit increases fivefold as revenues from oil, gas and nuclear assets surge

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Centrica PLC
      British Gas owner Centrica warns windfall tax will hit investor confidence

      Energy group rules out legal challenge despite concerns

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      Centrica PLC
      Centrica bullish on profits amid calls for windfall energy tax

      Strong performance by British Gas owner comes as pressure grows to offset rising costs for consumers

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      Centrica PLC
      British Gas pension cash used to buy Israeli spyware group NSO

      Energy supplier’s scheme was one of biggest investors in private equity fund that bought cyberweapon maker

    • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
      UK energy
      UK energy survivors braced for burden of failed rivals’ customers

      Large suppliers insist they are not ‘winners’ from string of collapses

    • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
      LexUK energy
      UK gas crisis/Centrica: incumbents pick up the pieces of failed challenger policy Premium content

      The implosion of rivals reverses British Gas owner’s run of bad luck

    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      UK energy
      Gas crunch threatens industry in UK and Europe

      Cold winter could push prices higher and force some companies to cut back production

    • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
      British Gas profits more than double after colder first half

      Sharp increase in earnings comes despite UK’s biggest energy supplier losing customers

    • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
      UK labour disputes
      Centrica faces industrial action in January

      GMB members vote in favour of UK strikes over new contractual conditions

    • Thursday, 21 February, 2019
      Utilities
      Centrica shares hit by warning of price-cap blow to cash flow

      FTSE 100 energy group accepts investor payouts under ‘some pressure’

    • Thursday, 20 December, 2018
      Centrica PLC
      Centrica to launch legal challenge over UK price cap
    • Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
      Centrica PLC
      Centrica names Charles Berry as chairman

      Move comes as British Gas owner faces increased competition from new challengers

    • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      British Gas pays out £2.65m for overcharging customers

      Energy supplier wrongly imposed exit fees on more than 1,000 households

    • Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
      Energy sector
      British Gas to lift prices for second time this year

      Move will hit 3.5m customers as standard variable tariff rises 3.8% in October

    • Tuesday, 31 July, 2018
      Energy sector
      Centrica fears British Gas bills may have to rise again

      Energy group blames higher wholesale costs and cold snap for hit to operating profits

    • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
      Energy sector
      Government policy, rising costs prompt gas bill hike: BG
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
      Energy sector
      British Gas owner Centrica expresses ‘deep regret’ over poor results

      A further 4,000 jobs will be cut by 2020

    • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
      Energy sector
      Ofgem apologies for failing to act sooner on energy price cap

      Regulator accused by MPs of acting ‘like a bystander’ rather than protecting poor households

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Centrica profit warning triggers record one-day share price fall

      Energy group’s stock falls 15% after losing 823,000 domestic customers in the quarter

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
      Energy sector
      Centrica heads for worst share price drop in 20 years
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
      Energy sector
      British Gas loses 823,000 household customers in four months
    • Monday, 20 November, 2017
      Energy sector
      British Gas owner Centrica pledges to end standard variable tariffs
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2017
      Energy sector
      British Gas warns energy policy weighs heavily on bills

      Energy supplier says 15% of household costs are down to government’s approach

    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2017
      LombardJonathan Guthrie
      Centrica profits progress on a slow burner

      Group is juggling fewer customers, debt reduction and calls for higher dividends

    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2017
      Energy sector
      Centrica to raise electricity prices 12.5% 

      British Gas owner blames government policies for rise that will hit 3.1m customers 

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