Rivals British Gas and Octopus Energy have exchanged heated words over how to best protect consumer credit balances in the wake of a…
Continue ReadingVast Majority of Customers Want Energy Suppliers to Safeguard Credit Balances
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Nearly nine in 10 consumers want energy suppliers to protect their credit balances, a new poll commissioned by Centrica has revealed, backing up…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas—supplier, servicer and repairer of many of the country’s boilers—is pivoting to low-carbon heating, starting sales of air source heat pumps next…
Continue ReadingThousands of British Gas engineers and call centre staff began a five-day strike yesterday, in protest of the energy supplier’s controversial “fire and…
Continue ReadingEnergy Suppliers Sound Alarm Over Bad Debts as Furlough Scheme Winds Down
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Several large energy firms, including Bulb and Centrica, have expressed worry that they will see a sharp rise in households defaulting on their…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas engineers will soon be driving around in Vauxhall Vivaro-e vans, as the Big Six supplier places the UK’s largest-ever order of…
Continue ReadingCentrica will cut 5,000 jobs after the coronavirus crisis exacerbated woes at the loss-making energy giant.
Continue ReadingCentrica is set to bottom out of the FTSE 100 index of the UK’s largest companies, amid mounting losses, crashing oil prices and…
Continue ReadingCentrica Calls for Immediate Ban on Gas Heating in New Homes
Written by Lauren Smith in Environment Government Policy Renewable Energy
The head of the consumer division at energy giant Centrica has urged the government to accelerate the ban on fossil fuel heating systems…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas to Install EV Chargers in Volkswagen Drivers’ Homes
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Energy giant Centrica has inked a three-year deal with Volkswagen to install home charging systems for owners of new plug-in vehicles and smooth…
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