'Hostile and highly opportunistic': Good Energy rebuffs Ecotricity's latest takeover offer

Cecilia Keating
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Ecotricity founder Dale Vince | Credit: Ecotricity
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Ecotricity founder Dale Vince | Credit: Ecotricity

Green energy suppliers slam each other's business models as Ecotricity raises its bid for the rival firm

The long running power tussle between England's oldest green energy suppliers has ramped up further this week, after Good Energy again urged its shareholders to reject Ecotricity's latest takeover offer,...

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