British Gas strikes back on today as ongoing talks falter February 19, 2021 Around 7,000 British Gas engineers will be on strike for four days until 23 February, protesting the company’s “fire and hire” plan as ongoing talks between the GMB union and Centrica’s British gas falter. This is the second out of three lots of planned four day strikes, beginning on 12 February, 19 February and 26 [...]
British Gas engineers extend strike over company’s fire-and-rehire policy January 20, 2021 British Gas engineers extended their second five-day strike to seven this morning amid the company strategy to fire and rehire workers on poorer conditions, union GMB said. GMB National Secretary Justin Bowden said: “British Gas engineers are being fired and rehired and have been left with no choice but to take action again.” However, according to British Gas parent company Centrica, it has [...]
MP calls for City watchdog to probe ‘patchy’ British Gas insurance January 13, 2021 A Stockport MP has called for City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to investigate a British Gas backlog dispute as more than 100,000 could be left without home insurance. British Gas parent company Centrica has been accused of provoking a strike which has left its ‘HomeCare’ customers without cover. Writing to the FCA this [...]
British Gas owner Centrica to sell US business for £3bn July 24, 2020 Centrica has today announced that it will sell US subsidiary Direct Energy for £2.8bn as it attempts to restructure after a brutal couple of years for the British Gas owner. Shares in the firm rose 24.3 per cent on the back of the news. The move comes as the former FTSE blue chip attempts to [...]
Centrica staff may have to sign new contracts or risk more redundancies July 16, 2020 Workers at British Gas owner Centrica have been told they may have to accept new employment conditions or risk having their jobs cut. It was reported that the services firm has told employees to sign new contracts or risk a second wave of redundancies. Last month Centrica announced that it would slash 5,000 jobs in [...]
British Gas owner Centrica plans new digital-only energy brand June 22, 2020 British Gas owner Centrica will attempt to win back the hundreds of thousands of customers it has lost over the last few years by setting up a new low-cost challenger energy brand. Centrica has signed a deal with a low-cost software provider called Ensek to run the new digital-only supplier, which has not yet been [...]
British Gas owner Centrica to cut 5,000 jobs June 11, 2020 British Gas owner Centrica has said that it will cut 5,000 jobs this year as it seeks to restructure its business model after coronavirus. More than half of the cuts, which account for 20 per cent of its workforce, come from managerial positions. Today’s announcement comes on top of 2018’s plans for 4,000 redundancies by [...]
British Gas owner Centrica kills dividend and delays Spirit Energy sale April 2, 2020 British Gas owner Centrica has abandoned 2020 guidance as it cancelled its 2019 dividend today and warned it would take at least a £100m hit from coronavirus. Centrica’s shares dived 7.3 per cent to a record low in early trading as it warned the fallout of an oil price war and the coronavirus lockdown would [...]
Volkswagen signs three year electric vehicle home charging partnership with Centrica March 4, 2020 Volkswagen has agreed a three-year partnership with energy supplier Centrica to roll out electric vehicle home charging hardware across the UK. The deal comes after Volkswagen’s commitment to introduce 80 electric and plug-in hybrid models by 2025, with estimated sales of up to 3m a year by that date. In the summer the firm will [...]
British Gas owner Centrica wins Ofgem appeal over energy price cap November 13, 2019 The High Court ruled in favour of British Gas owner Centrica’s appeal against the way that Ofgem calculated part of its energy price cap today. The decision means that Ofgem will have to make adjustments to the price cap. Read more: British gas owner Centrica shares fall to 20 year low as it warns over [...]