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A file photo of a handheld smart meter on a kitchen hob showing the cost of a year-to-date's worth of home energy usage in a home. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Why I am sceptical about Ofgem’s review of standing charges - Jayne Dowle

British Gas has announced that it will recruit hundreds of new staff across its network of energy contact centres, with new roles set to be created in Yorkshire. Picture by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

British Gas to hire hundreds of new staff

The 'Bee Network' buses form part of the franchising model for bus services in Greater Manchester. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

The cost of privatisation on public service - YP Letters

Ad Feature Households urged to prepare for first cold snap

Ad Feature British Gas, Team GB and ParalympicsGB announce new 5 year partnership

Thivendran Kodeeswaran was threatened with legal action by British Gas over what turned out to be a fictitious £14,000 electric bill.

British Gas chased man for 18 months over fictitious £14k energy bill

BP will be hoping it can avoid the fate of its fellow London rival Shell on Tuesday, when the oil major discloses how profitable it was in the second quarter of the year. (Photo by Ian West/PA Wire)

BP hopes to avoid Shell’s expectation miss as it reports profits

Ed Miliband, Labour's Shadow Climate and Net Zero Secretary.

Energy companies and banks see jump in profits, figures show

Centrica has revealed that earnings at its retail supplier business soared by nearly 900 per cent as it was handed a price cap boost of around £500m. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Wire)

British Gas owner Centrica sees supply arm profits soar on price cap boost

Centrica’s profits soared threefold to £3.3bn in 2022 (image: PA)

British Gas launch new scheme offering half price electricity

'Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, was one energy firm that tried to forestall Ofgem’s criticism by implying it would stop using overseas call centres'. PIC: PA

Energy companies are really not so smart - David Behrens

Centrica chair Scott Wheway says there needs to be tougher regulation of the finances of energy companies.

British Gas boss calls for tougher energy market rules to protect consumers

The headquarters of Centrica, which owns British Gas. PIC: PA

Bonus for the boss of British Gas owner is a stark contrast - The YP says

Centrica CEO Chris O'Shea addresses the AGM in Leeds

British Gas to end use of 3,500 overseas call centre staff, CEO pledges

Centrica CEO Chris O'Shea addresses the company's AGM in Leeds.

British Gas: Centrica shareholders back £3.7m bonus for CEO Chris O'Shea

Centrica CEO Chris O'Shea addresses the company's AGM in Leeds.

British Gas: Centrica shareholders back £3.7m bonus for CEO Chris O'Shea

British Gas gives heat pump warmth guarantee

British Gas gives heat pump warmth guarantee

A gas hob with a bill from British Gas. Picture: PA/Owen Humphreys.

Ofgem must do more to stop force-fitting of prepayment meters - Jayne Dowle

Campaigners have hit out at tougher rules over which homes can be forced to have a prepayment energy meter fitted amid the cost of living crisis.

Fury as energy prepayment meter force-fittings given green light again

Ofgem’s new rules ban energy supplies from forcibly installing pre-payment meters into the homes of some customers

Energy firms banned from installing forced metres to over 85’s

Firms who make life harder for customers don’t just risk regulatory recriminations, but also reputational damage, says Rocio Concha of Which?

Helping consumers in tough times true test of firm’s worth - Rocio Concha
Do businesses have a responsibility to help their customers during the cost of living crisis, when their own costs are also going up and they have responsibilities to their shareholders to think about too?

Offshore Energies UK claims more than 90 per cent of offshore firms are cutting investment in oil and gas production

North Sea oil and gas firms claim windfall tax is forcing them to cut production

Prepayent meter

Ofgem orders energy firms to pay compensation over prepayment metres

Many people are freezing in their homes as the owner of British Gas reported record profits. PIC: PA

Elderly people are still freezing as British Gas rakes in profits - Jayne Dowle

A gas hob with a bill from British Gas, whose owners, Centrica, reported record profits. PIC: PA

British Gas owner’s windfall profits show need for market reform - The YP says

File photo dated of a gas hob with a bill from British Gas, the company's owner Centrica has seen its profits soar to more than £3 billion for 2022 amid rocketing energy prices that have sparked a cost-of-living crisis.

British Gas owner Centrica sees profits more than treble in 2022

British Gas report record-breaking profits amid UK energy crisis

Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps (pictured) has today given energy bosses a deadline of Tuesday to report back to him on what remedial action they plan to take if they have wrongfully installed prepayment meters in the homes of vulnerable customers.

Energy firms given deadline on remedial action after meters wrongly fitted

Energy regulator Ofgem has advised energy companies to suspend forced prepayment meter installations.

Ofgem tells energy companies to suspend prepayment meter installations

British gas are to be investigated by Ofgem

British Gas to be investigated over actions of debt collectors

Lisa Bowerman of Stump Cross Caverns in the Yorkshire Dales has said her entire business model could need to be changed if the bills continue to rise.
Photo: Gerard Binks

North Yorkshire cave owner shares horror at rising energy bills

A Generic Photo of a plumber looking at a boiler.

£12.7 billion needs to be spent by 2025 to upgrade efficiency of Britain's housi...
The Government needs to invest £12.7 billion on housing stock during the current Parliament if the ambitions to reach net zero and lower energy bills are to be reached, a leading think tank has calculated.

Georgina Green, the woman behind Gracie’s Attic

Meet the West Yorkshire furniture restorer reviving vintage pieces

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) on the picket line outside Leeds Mail Centre in Leeds, as Royal Mail workers go on strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Picture date: Wednesday December 14, 2022.

Royal Mail bosses don't understand what it means to nation: Andy McDonald

Energy giant Centrica has said that it expects to do better than experts are predicting

Centrica says earnings to be higher than many expected despite British Gas hit

Households are urged to prioritise energy efficiency this winter

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, with his wife Victoria, leaves the stage after giving his keynote address during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool

What Great British Energy plan could mean for you, bills and green energy

British Gas was privatised in 1986. PIC: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire

'If you told Sid in the 80s I hope you can afford your bills' - YP Letters

Millions of households could end up struggling this winter due to the energy crisis.

Energy crisis continues to cast a shadow - The Yorkshire Post says

BP bosses were branded ’brazen profiteers’ after the company tripled profits and planned to increase dividends to shareholders by 10 per cent. Picture: BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty.

Instead of vilifying, we should be proud of firms like BP - Bill Carmichael

Switching bank account could help you save up to £200 off energy bills - here’s ...

BP has revealed second-quarter profits more than trebled as it reaped the benefits of soaring oil and gas prices.

BP's second-quarter profits more than treble

More than 200,000 customers joined British Gas as some of its rivals went out of business in the first six months of the year.

More than 200,000 customers joined British Gas in first six months of year

Gas prices have been driven up because Russia is a key producer of the fossil fuel (image: Adobe)

British Gas offers customers £1,500 off energy bills - how to apply

Millions of teenage girls want to ‘break the glass ceiling’ with a career in a m...

Martin Lewis issued urgent advise to British Gas and E.On customers (Photo: ITV)

Martin Lewis issues urgent advice to British Gas and E.On customers (Photo: ITV)

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My brother's death shows what energy price hikes can do - Yorkshire Post Letters

British Gas owner Centrica has said it expects to post annual earnings at the top of its targets amid intensifying calls for a windfall tax on energy firms.

Centrica set to post earnings at top of targets as calls grow for windfall tax

Beverley Town Council faces a hefty gas bill after discovering they haven't paid theirs for years Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Council sets aside £35,000 to pay gas bill after failing to do so for 17 years

These are the top 20 ways Brits waste energy

Beverley town centre

Beverley gas blunder: Council's bills dating back to 2004 may never be repaid

The Tado app is one of several smart thermostats on the market

These smart thermostats will help cut your rising gas bill

Top tips to avoid a boiler breakdown this winter

The new research reveals that 43 per cent of respondents are concerned about their winter energy usage

‘Vampire electronics’ that are adding to household energy bills

Top 10 rookie mistakes by first time householders

British Gas owner Centrica swung back into profit this year

Centrica profits soar despite losing 114,000 British Gas customers

Prices are going up again.

How to beat the energy firm's tariff hike and save hundreds of pounds - Martin L...

Ofgem said suppliers including the Big Six firms such as British Gas, npower and EDF overcharged customers £7.2 million over seven years after failing to follow price protection rules.

One million energy customers to get refunds after 18 firms broke switching rules

British Gas owner Centrica has seen annual underlying earnings plunge.

British Gas owner sees earnings plunge as it shed more customers

Library image of British Gas workers outside the Scottish Gas call centre in Edinburgh

British Gas engineers launch fresh wave of strikes as pay row talks ‘falter’