Octopus Energy completes acquisition of Shell's UK and Germany energy supply business

Cecilia Keating
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Energy supplier says acquisition means it now has 6.6 million household energy customers in the UK

Octopus Energy Group has started migrating a further 1.4 million UK home energy customers to its books, after this morning announcing it had completed the acquisition of Shell's UK and German consumer...

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