More than 200,000 customers left British Gas after the power giant’s inflation-busting summer price hike.
The exodus was sparked by an 18% rise in gas and a 16% increase in electricity prices in August.
The figures follow parent firm Centrica’s plans for more job losses on top of 850 announced recently.
It said it may shut some of its eight remaining gas-fired power stations.
Bosses blamed a, “challenging commodity price and economic environment”.
British Gas has 15.9 million customers. Its profits are expected to drop by 26% this year to £552million.
But Centrica’s are set to rise from £2.4billion to more than £2.5billion.
18/11/2011 - mirror.co.uk
Are you looking to switch energy supplier? Check out the Reduce Comparison Gas & Electricity Comparison Service now!
No comments:
Post a Comment