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British Gas trials home-energy management
News UK start-up AlertMe.com on Monday announced an agreement to test a service that will allow British Gas New Energy consumers to control their home-heating systems from the web or a mobile phone. The British Gas trial, which is expected to be...
[July 21, 2009, 11:44]
British Gas takes on BT in telecoms market
News The UK's dominant gas supplier, British Gas, takes on BT Monday as it offers a cut-price telephone service to compete with the telco. In a bold first step, British Gas claims users will save up to 33 percent on local calls, 50 percent on national...
[September 4, 2000, 10:19]
British Gas switches on email billing
News The first British Gas email bills hit customers' inboxes on Wednesday after almost 100,000 people signed up to receive e-bills instead of regular paper bills. British Gas said the move will cut down on paper and postage costs and will also give...
[October 29, 2003, 16:45]
British Gas, Grey Cell deal hikes GSM's profile
News The biggest UK wireless connectivity contract ever has been landed by network connectivity expert Grey Cell Systems which will supply British Gas Service field engineers with 6,000 GSM data cards to connect to the control centre.
[December 4, 1996, 16:27]
Centrica snaps up One.Tel UK
News Centrica, which owns British Gas and Scottish Gas, the AA and the Goldfish credit card company, already runs a telecoms service through its British Gas Communications arm. Service provider Centrica announced on Tuesday that it had bought One.Tel UK...
[July 3, 2001, 10:57]
Amerada to cut gas rates for Net customers
News The company claims that the new tariff will offer consumers savings of up to £76 a year over the average British Gas Standard Credit bill of £350. The tariff will allow customers to record their meter readings online to calculate what savings can...
[December 14, 1999, 10:56]
IT firms commit to fighting carbon
News The programme, a collaboration between BT, energy company npower and British Gas, has been running since 2004. Under the terms of the contract, npower and British Gas Business will provide BT with one terawatt hour (TWh) of renewable energy and...
[January 22, 2007, 15:56]
Startup Spotlight: ihavemoved.com
News With a company as large as British Gas that has two and a half million customers, this can amount to a huge sum of money being "wasted". Before setting up the company, I conducted research with companies such as British Gas, and discovered that it...
[May 4, 2000, 15:45]
Big Brother frowns on Vodafone and the Home Office
News The award for Most Invasive Company is between British Gas, the early favourite, for its claim that the deaths of two elderly customers was due to the Data Protection Act, which it said prevented it informing the authorities that their gas had...
[July 5, 2004, 12:10]
Cheap Virgin gas available online
News The online company -- a joint venture between Virgin and London Electricity -- will provide gas and electricity which it claims will save British households an average of £50 per year. British Gas, which promises an "all singing, all dancing...
[July 4, 2000, 12:17]
eDictionary Reader for Smartphone
Downloads Featured Free Lexicons: New: New dictionaryNF: Not Free Medical DictionayMedical & Pharma AbbreviationsCancer DictionaryChemistry DictionaryDictionary of Biology TermsInternational Business DictionaryDictionary of Auditing & Accounting...
[July 21, 2004, 8:00]
Japanese - English- Japanese Dictionary
Downloads Chinese English Chinese Dictionary The package consist of: Chinese to English with 57105 entries English to Chinese with 6439 entries English Vietnamese English DictionaryNew The package consist of: English Vietnamese with 102,890 entries...
[June 27, 2005, 8:00]
News Burst: Virgin Energy service launched
News The Internet-based company -- a joint venture between Virgin and London Electricity -- will provide gas and electricity which it claims will save British households an average of £50 per year. Net enthusiast Sir Richard Branson launches an online...
[July 4, 2000, 11:52]
Virus fears topple Microsoft from home office software top spot
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? The recent outbreak of the LoveBug computer worm appears to have helped push beleaguered software giant Microsoft from the top spot of the home...
[May 31, 2000, 17:03]
Lovebug author may get 6 months jail
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? The National Bureau of Investigation is currently holding an inquest using Republic Act 8484 to try suspect Riomel Lamores.
[May 9, 2000, 12:56]
ILOVEYOU suspect says it was an accident... Maybe
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? The Filipino student linked with the creation of the ILOVEYOU virus says he may have released it into the wild by accident, according to press...
[May 11, 2000, 10:02]
Worm alert! LOVELETTER gets nastier
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? Security software maker Symantec warned computer users and businesses of a new, destructive worm -- apparently based on ILOVEYOU -- that had...
[May 19, 2000, 8:33]
Centrica to challenge BT over broadband services
News Centrica, which owns British Gas and Scottish Gas, the AA, the Goldfish credit card and recently bought One.Tel UK, has considerable experience in the consumer market. Services group Centrica looks set to challenge BT's dominance of the broadband...
[January 9, 2002, 12:03]
Virgin kicks off £50m cyber commerce plan
News Virgin Trains will be launching a Web site for booking rail tickets, Virgin Atlantic will be pushing online air tickets, Virgin Direct will allow customers to manage their finances online, including buying a house and paying the gas bill.
[February 17, 1999, 16:06]
Roundup: UK online banking security crisis
News Sun, 23rd Jul 2000 The mistakes that led to the bank details of 2500 customers of gas and electricity supplier PowerGen being readily accessible from the Web are commonplace, according to industry experts.
[August 11, 2000, 17:00]
