Jump in profits for energy firm SSE
SSE, one of the energy big 6, just announced a 41% rise in profits after tax in their half year results, leaving consumer groups on the warpath. SSE says actually supplying energy only accounts for 8% of the profit, and claims they only have a margin of 1.5% in that bit of the firm.
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