Ka taƙaita labarin:  Daruruwan dubban mutanen da suka sayi hannun jarin kamfanin British Gas a shekarun 1980s suna cikin jerin gwano don samun gagarumar riba bayan da jarin su ya yi tashin gwauron zabi a daren jiya. Hannun hannun jari na ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun mashahuri a Burtaniya saboda kamfen ɗin talla na "Tell Sid" wanda ya yi nasara sosai lokacin da aka keɓance British Gas. A daren jiya hannun jari a cikin abin da yanzu ake kira BG Group ya tashi da kusan kashi 30 zuwa 1,153p. Hannun jarin na daya daga cikin shahararrun a Burtaniya saboda nasarar da aka samu na tallace-tallace na " Ka gaya wa Sid " lokacin da British Gas ya kasance mai zaman kansa. Tashin ya zo ne bayan da babban kamfanin mai na Royal Dutch Shell ya sanar da shirin sayen BG Group a cikin yarjejeniyar £ 47billion. Yana daya daga cikin mafi girma takeovers abada. Labarin yarjejeniyar ya sa farashin hannun jari a BG yanzu ya mallaki mutanen da suka sayi hannun jari na British Gas a 1986. Gwamnatin Margaret Thatcher ta mallaki kamfanin British Gas bayan kamfen din "Tell Sid" da aka yada sosai. Sayar da hannun jari, wanda ya karfafa mutane su yada labarai game da tayin tare da taken "Idan ka ga Sid, ka gaya masa", ya ga mutane sama da miliyan 1.5 sun biya 135p a hannun jari lokacin da aka jera kamfanin a Kasuwancin Kasuwanci. A cikin 1997 British Gas an raba shi biyu don samar da mai binciken BG Group da mai mallakar British Gas Centrica. Masu hannun jari sun karbi hannun jari a kamfanonin biyu. Wadanda suka ajiye wadannan hannun jarin tun daga lokacin sun karbi daruruwan fam a matsayin riba. Duk wanda ya sayi hannun jari 100 a lokacin keɓancewa zai biya £ 135 (£ 366 a yau, bayan an yi la'akari da hauhawar farashin kaya). Kasancewa a cikin kamfanoni daban-daban na Centrica, National Grid da BG Group, a halin yanzu yana da daraja fiye da £ 1,604. Shawarwarin da aka gabatar na Shell yana nufin masu saka hannun jari yanzu suna da 383p ga kowane hannun jari na BG da suke mallaka. Masu zuba jari kuma za su kasance a cikin layi don samun ƙarin riba. Amma abin da aka samu ba shi da kyau idan aka kwatanta da lada ga sabon shugaban zartarwa na BG Group Helge Lund wanda zai iya kasancewa a cikin layi don fiye da £ 30million a cikin albashi da fa'idodi idan an kammala yarjejeniyar a shekara mai zuwa. Ben van Beurden, Shugaba na Royal Dutch Shell, (hagu) yana girgiza...
Hannun hannun jari da aka shahara a cikin shekarun 1980 'Sanar da Sid' tallace-tallace sun tashi bayan sayar da BG Group. Darajar ta tashi da kashi 30% zuwa 1,153p bayan Royal Dutch Shell ya nuna niyyar saya. Kasuwancin fam biliyan 47, daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da aka samu, ya haifar da kamfanin fam biliyan 200.