SAS brings a brighter outlook for British Gas customers

Danny Palmer
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British Gas's Steve Mcgivern tells Danny Palmer how a new SAS data analytics solution is helping the energy giant provide better customer service

The winter of 2010 was the coldest in Britain for 300 years, causing major disruptions across the country including an unprecedented number of boiler breakdowns in people’s homes. That was despite ...

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