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members are on strike. and at 3.30pm on the bbc news channel, talking business with aaron heslehurst. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onb...

false claims" after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol. theres major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. coming up at 5.40pm, well bring you the latest technology news in click. im maryam moshiri. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to ...

Last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers, taxpayers, but also hundreds of staff. today, 0ctopus were confident that the takeover of bulbs customers would be smooth. 0ctopus has got a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across. so for, example, when avro failed — it was the la...

0ctopus has a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across, so for example when avro failed — it was the largest company to date — we were able to look after those customers, and staff, pretty seamlessly. and i think with bulb the experience weve got means were probably the natural choice. in total, 1.5 million bulb customers will move across to 0ctopus. last november the government had to bail out the firm with a £1.7 billion loan. but earlier this year the independent ...

All. hello, good afternoon. the household energy supplier 0ctopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapse amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices last year. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat since then. now, 0ctopus has agreed a deal to take on the companys one and a half million customers. our business eeporter ramzan kamali has the details. the energy market was in disarray this time last year. dozens of firms went bust a...