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Centrica announces 500% increase in profit & £59m dividend

28th July 2022
Here's the cost of living crisis in a nutshell - rising prices are driven by supply-side factors, but also by the extent to which some companies are making profits.
Many argue that this is at the expense of their workers and consumers. British Gas owner, Centrica has announced a massive rising in adjusted operating profit: "to £1.34bn from £262m a year earlier."
Profit-push inflation has become a new term in the economics lexicon. Read a little more about it here.
So who gains - shareholders who gain an interim dividend of 1p per share, but not workers, who've delivered that profit or consumers?
This is perhaps where the battle-lines are being drawn, and it's why many workers are being tempted to support industrial action.
Shell posts £10bn quarterly profits as households struggle with bills https://t.co/fQpjopQ66D
— Guardian Business (@BusinessDesk) July 28, 2022
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