BRITISHGas parent firm Centrica said [...]; Business IN BRIEF.
BRITISH Gas British Gas is the name of several companies - British Gas plc the former gas monopoly in the United Kingdom and its successor companies.
- Centrica plc which has the rights to the British Gas
parent firm Centrica said yesterday their residential
utility arm was on track to see profits soar SOAR - 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. by 43 per cent this year,
despite a seven per cent fall in energy consumption.
The group said they were performing in line with market forecasts,
which include operating profits of pounds 1.86billion for Centrica and
pounds 541million for British Gas, up from pounds 379million the
previous year.
British Gas have cut customer bills by 10 per cent this year as
costs plunged.
But there are fears that prices will rise again next year.
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