abstract:Phillip Bentley (born 14 January 1959, Bradford) is the former Managing Director of the retail arm of Centrica, trading under the name British Gas. This is not the same company as British Gas plc, which split into Centrica and BG Group in 1997.
The reasons for the price rise echoed the views last week of British Gas managing director PhilBentley, who claimed that 85% of the price it charged to customers was outside its control.
Speaking to the Today programme, PhilBentley said that volatility on the international energy markets meant price rises had had to be made, and the trend would continue unless a new source of cheap gas was discovered.