Centrica bosses split £16m pay pot as customers face 6% gas price rise

Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw earned a salary of £950,000 in 2012, but bonuses pushed his pay to almost £5m Energy bosses at Centrica, owners of British Gas, have come under fire for sharing out a £16.4m pay pot in 2012, after consumers' energy bills jumped during a bitterly cold winter. Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw earned a basic salary of £950,000 in 2012, but bonuses pushed his take-home pay to almost £5m. Phil Bentley, managing director of British Gas, who is st...