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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Hayden wood - The Untold Story

Bulb co-founder says latest energy venture takes ‘very different’ approach

Amit Gudka said he has ‘a lot of regret’ about the supplier’s 2021 collapse, as he discussed his battery storage start-up Field.

Evening Standard

‘I totally understand why people are sceptical’: the co-founder of collapsed energy giant Bulb on his new venture

Amit Gudka is reinventing himself after the failure of his energy firm by plugging into the global battery boom

The Guardian - UK

Court to examine Bulb-Octopus deal as rivals claim preferential terms

Owner of British Gas, E.ON and Scottish Power brings judicial review over deal between Octopus and government

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Octopus takeover of Bulb faces delay after rivals seek judicial review

Three companies complain over lack of transparency around deal which could be biggest government bailout since RBS and Lloyds

The Guardian - UK

How the lights went out on Bulb – and the wrangle over its future

Decision on timing of Octopus’s takeover of collapsed energy supplier will be taken in court on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Bailing out bust energy supplier Bulb will cost taxpayers £6.5bn, figures show

The company collapsed in November last year and was put into a special government-handled administration

The Guardian - UK

Co-founder of collapsed energy firm Bulb hopes to expand battery business

Loss-making venture led by Amit Gudka eyes continent as countries move towards using renewable power

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Bulb boss steps down from £250,000-a-year job after government bailout

Hayden Wood to leave within weeks after criticism over salary

The Independent UK

Bulb boss Hayden Wood to step down from collapsed energy firm

CEO and co-founder will leave at end of July, having still received £250,000 salary despite taxpayer bailout

The Guardian - UK

Bulb boss to leave collapsed energy supplier

Hayden Wood stayed on at the bust supplier on a £250,000 salary after it collapsed last autumn and was propped up by the taxpayer.

The Independent UK

Up to 12 million households could face fuel poverty as energy bills keep surging

Jonathan Brearley, the head of energy regulator Ofgem, told MPs any such hike could see the number of households in 'fuel poverty' nearly double from 6.5 million to 12 million

Daily Mirror

Power failures: what are the bosses of Britain’s bust energy firms doing now?

The collapse of dozens of providers caused huge disruption – but many of the people behind them are still in business

The Guardian - UK

The only easy decision for Bulb’s future: stop paying its CEO

Failed energy firm poses political puzzle for business secretary with wholesale markets still in turmoil

The Guardian - UK

Time for Rishi Sunak to get serious about helping with energy bills

As energy chiefs fear impact of further rises, chancellor’s measures look naive and politically unfeasible

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Boss of collapsed Bulb Energy criticised for £250,000 salary funded by taxpayers

Labour MP asked if it was ‘morally justifiable’ for taxpayers to be funding salary of Hayden Wood

Wales Online

Bulb boss still receiving £250k salary despite business collapse, MPs told

Hayden Wood continues to earn nearly £21,000 a month despite the energy supplier going into administration

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