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Express & Star 24 Feb 11
The UK’s biggest energy supplier has unveiled a record profit haul just weeks after it hiked bills amid the coldest winter in 100 years.
British Gas, which has nearly 16 million customer accounts, posted a 24% surge in operating profits to £742 million in 2010, two months after the supplier pushed up bills by 7%…
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Express & Star 20 Dec 10
A disabled grandfather rushed into his burning home to rescue his nine-year-old grand-daughter and pet dog after an explosion ripped the bungalow apart on Saturday.
Brave pensioner John Davies, aged 66, who walks with two sticks, was badly burned in a suspected gas blast at his home in Arnhem Road, Willenhall. Incredibly, the family had to chase metal thieves away after they targeted the remnants within two hours of the drama…
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Express & Star 26 Apr 10
A major Willenhall road is to be closed for two months while gas mains work is completed. A stretch of Noose Lane will be shut from the 4th of May. The scheme is due to be carried out between the level crossing and Watery Lane.
This has led to fears motorists will be diverted through the housing estate and past people’s homes.
Further gas mains are also planned on Willenhall Road between September and November…
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BBC News 23 Mar 10
Staff at British Gas have voted to strike after alleged bullying by management, and over changes to staff terms and conditions. The GMB trade union said staff would take industrial action over what it described as “macho management”…
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Alun Thorne B’ham Post 16 Jan 10
Unions have accused British Gas of planning to axe up to 5,000 jobs from sites across the country, including the West Midlands…
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Birmingham Post 31 July 09
British Gas owner Centrica said its residential profits rose 80 per cent in the first half of the year due to last year’s price hikes and a colder than average winter…