Centrica doubles down on plan to 'refocus' portfolio on cleaner technologies

Madeleine Cuff
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CEO Ian Conn confirms he is to step down, as he hails clean energy reforms as a success and reveals plans to sell oil and gas production arm and step up EV activities

Centrica, the owner of energy supply giant British Gas, is to quit oil and gas production and switch its chief executive, as it struggles to maintain its share price and refocus its business on low carbon...

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