Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE said: "SSE has again delivered increases in the full-year dividend and in adjusted profit before tax demonstrates the resilience inherent in its balanced model of market-based and economically-regulated businesses, and the robustness of its strategy of focusing on operations and investment in each of those businesses."

Our core purpose is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and sustainable way; and our strategy is to deliver sustained real growth in the dividend.

We distribute electricity to 3.5 million homes and businesses across one third of the UK’s total land area.

We are the UK's second largest generation business, with a total capacity of just over 11,300MW.

Over the next 12 months, we will offer all our customers a energy review designed to ensure they are on the best product for their needs. This initiative will create 200 new jobs.