SSE in talks to sell energy retail business to Ovo Energy August 11, 2019 Energy giant SSE is weighing up whether to hive off its 5.7m-customer energy retail business to independent supplier Ovo Energy, in a deal believed to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds. SSE’s energy services arm supplies electricity and gas to households across the UK. It also does maintenance work such as boiler repairs, meter-reading [...]
Vodafone dividend cut: which UK shares might be next? May 28, 2019 | City Talk By Tom Bailey from interactive investor. Vodafone's cut might be a canary in the coalmine for FTSE 100 shares. Over the past year the market has increasingly cooled on Vodafone (LSE:VOD). The company has a long list of problems, including the high cost of 5G investment, being squeezed by competition on the continent and high [...]
SSE falls ‘well short’ of hopes, chairman admits as thousands of customers flee May 22, 2019 The chair of energy giant SSE today said his company’s results “fell well short” of what the board had hoped, in a year when 550,000 customers left the business. The company also created a board of directors for its retail arm, saying it wants to spin the unit off by the second half of next year. [...]
Labour plans to nationalise power grid would delay green transition, firms say May 15, 2019 The businesses which supply power to British homes have hit out at Labour after it revealed plans to bring the electricity grid back into public hands. National Grid, which has run the networks since privatisation in 1990, today took aim at the party’s ambitions, saying its business was creating a framework to help Britain reduce its [...]
Energy giant SSE set to axe 444 jobs in retail sector covering smart meter installation May 8, 2019 Energy giant SSE has confirmed it will cut 444 jobs for people working in its retail sector, including those who fit smart meters to homes in the UK. SSE today blamed the cuts on "competition increasing, the introduction of the energy price cap and higher operating costs". Read more: SSE talks to Talktalk over £1bn retail unit [...]
SSE talks to Talktalk over £1bn retail unit after scrapping Npower deal April 28, 2019 Scottish energy supplier SSE has approached a number of its rivals, and broadband provider Talktalk as it tries to find a buyer for its £1bn retail division. The company has promised to update shareholders on the future of the unit before its full year results towards the end of May, after a merger deal with [...]
SSE fined £700,000 for missing smart meter rollout target April 3, 2019 Energy supplier SSE has been slapped with a £700,000 fine for lagging behind on its smart meter rollout. It took the company until February this year to install gas meters for all customers who should have had them by the the end of 2018, Ofgem said. Read more: Watchdog threatens energy provider with ban SSE [...]
Hedge funds take out £86m bets against British Gas owner Centrica March 31, 2019 Hedge funds are taking out record bets against British Gas owner Centrica as the energy sector faces challenges from Ofgem’s price cap. The cap, which increases from tomorrow, has put pressure on suppliers’ margins. Read more: UK must decarbonise heating, Centrica boss says Disclosed so-called short positions in the Big Six energy supplier have risen [...]
SSE pays out £705,000 to regulator Ofgem after misreporting £4m renewable energy payments February 27, 2019 Troubled energy supplier SSE has paid £705,000 to regulator Ofgem after it received £4.07m more than it was owed under the renewable energy scheme. The company overstated payments in its Feed-in Tariff (FIT) submissions to low carbon generators because of an administrative error, the company said, causing it to receive the extra cash. Read more: [...]
Ofgem price cap: What to do if your energy bills shoot up February 21, 2019 Around 11m customers are facing higher energy bills from April, as SSE became the last of the Big Six energy suppliers to hike tariffs this morning. The energy firms have said that they need to put up prices as they are squeezed by higher wholesale costs. Read more: Households told to cough up as Ofgem [...]