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23/02/2017at 13:59

Acquisition helps make up for customer defections at Centrica

British energy major Centrica delivers unexpected gains on the bottom line despite decreased revenue and almost a quarter-million fewer customers.
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by MAZ PLECHINGER

The UK's largest energy supplier Centrica made gains on the bottom line last year. The combination of a colder winter, increasing energy prices, and a cost-cutting program including 3,400 layoffs, helped secure the energy company positive development in the operating result from the previous year of 3.8 percent.

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