Scottish Gas
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| Limited company (subsidiary of Centrica) | |
| Industry | Utilities |
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| Founded | 1997 (as a subsidiary of Centrica) |
| Headquarters | Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Mark Hodges (Managing Director) |
| Products |
Gas Electricity Boilers and central heating Plumbing and drains Renewable Energy Home appliance services |
| Parent | Centrica |
| Website | www |
British Gas is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. Serving around twelve million homes in the UK, British Gas is the biggest UK energy supplier and is considered one of the Big Six dominating the gas and electricity market in the United Kingdom.
The brand British Gas remains from the demerger of the British Gas Corporation in 1997, which formed Centrica, BG Group and Transco. The British Gas Corporation was a result of the restructuring of the UK gas industry following the Gas Act 1972. The act merged all of the area boards and created the British Gas Corporation.
The British Gas Corporation was privatised as British Gas plc by the Thatcher government and on 8 December 1986 its shares were floated on the London stock market.
Centrica trades as Scottish Gas in Scotland.
The Gas Light and Coke Company was the first public utility company in the world. It was founded by Frederick Albert Winsor and incorporated by Royal Charter on 30 April 1812 under the seal of King George III. It continued to thrive for the next 136 years, expanding into domestic services whilst absorbing many smaller companies including the Aldgate Gas Light and Coke Company (1819), the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company (1870), the Equitable Gas Light Company (1871), the Great Central Gas Consumer's Company (1870), Victoria Docks Gas Company (1871), Western Gas Light Company (1873), Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company (1876), Independent Gas Light and Coke Company (1876), the London Gas Light Company (1883), Richmond Gas Company (1925), Brentford Gas Company (1926), Pinner Gas Company (1930) and Southend-on-Sea and District Gas Company (1932).
On 1 May 1949 the GLCC became the major part of the new North Thames Gas Board, one of Britain's twelve regional Gas Boards after the passing of the Gas Act 1948 by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government.
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