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Case Study Utility giant Centrica has cut the wires binding its executives to their desks by rolling out mobile technology to 100 of its top managers. While Centrica - which owns brands including British Gas and Onetel - already had 9,000 engineers out in the... [22 Jun 2005]
Centrica takes £196m hit on IT systems
News UK energy supplier Centrica has taken a £196m hit on its balance sheet after writing-down the value of redundant IT systems it no longer uses. Centrica, which owns British Gas, revealed the exceptional non-cash charge of £196m in its full year... [22 Feb 2007]
Centrica Adopted Business Service Management Strategy to Transform Systems Management
White Paper Centrica plc, with 40 million customers worldwide, is a leading supplier of essential services such as energy management and supply, telecommunications and home services through companies including the Automobile Association (AA), British Gas and... [13 Sep 2005]
Centrica Deploys Innovative Mobility Solution to Executives and Boosts Productivity by 90 Minutes Per User, Per Day
White Paper Senior employees at international energy supply group Centrica travel extensively throughout the world. Centrica decided to upgrade its IT systems to support the rollout of Microsoft Windows Mobile technology. [14 Nov 2006]
Centrica branches out into CRM
News Centrica has purchased a CRM package to help service its customers as it transforms itself from a utility into a broader customer services group. Centrica formerly dealt only in gas, but now incorporates the Automobile Association, British Gas, the... [21 Jan 2000]
Centrica signs major players for telecom venture
News UK energy group Centrica has signed up Vodafone, Torch Telecom and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) as partners for its telecommunications venture due for September. Centrica will invest £150m over the next two years to provide integrated... [26 Apr 2000]
Centrica gets its Goldfish - at a price
News Centrica, formerly known as British Gas, has agreed to buy HFC Bank's database of Goldfish credit card customers for £85m. The dispute began when Centrica announced in December 2000 that it planned to extend its financial services offering via a... [06 Aug 2001]
Centrica buys One.tel
News Centrica, the company formerly known as British Gas, has agreed to buy the UK arm of struggling budget communications company One.tel for £58m. The announcement makes Centrica the UK's largest reseller of telecoms services in the UK. [03 Jul 2001]
ITSM Case Study: Centrica
White Paper Centrica is a leading provider of energy and other essential home services in the UK, with recent expansion into North America and Continental Europe. Centrica standardized IT processes on the ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) standard using HP... [14 Dec 2004]
Centrica lands Virgin CIO
News Energy company Centrica has appointed Virgin's Gareth Lewis as new group CIO. Lewis joins Centrica in November from Virgin where he has been group CIO for the holding company of all the Virgin brands since 2002. [17 Oct 2007]
Centrica leaps into broadband
News Ian El-Mokadem, managing director of Centrica (formerly known as British Gash), said the company's move into broadband had been on the cards since its September 2000 launch of British Gas Communications. [09 Jan 2002]
Centrica gets into bed with Vodafone
News UK energy company Centrica is expected to announce a pre-paid mobile phone service with Vodafone. The companies are planning to announce the deal under Vodafone's One.Tel brand to attract customers who don't want to sign a monthly line rental... [24 Jun 2002]
Centrica launches BT rival
News Utilities company, Centrica, is today expected to announce plans for a telecoms service in the UK to rival BT. Centrica will be offering sizable discounts against BT's residential rates: 33 per cent savings on local calls, 50 per cent on national... [04 Sep 2000]
C&W nets £15m Centrica deal
News Cable & Wireless has extended an existing deal with Centrica, worth £15m, to route all non-area code phone calls made by customers of Centrica Telecommunications. The extension of an earlier three-year agreement will now see C&W route all calls to... [01 Sep 2004]
Energis beats off C&W for Centrica deal
News Energis has won a three-year contract, believed to be worth around £10m, for providing call centre telephony, internet connectivity and virtual private network (VPN) services to Centrica. All inbound and outbound calls to and from Centrica's UK... [12 Aug 2003]
