Small UK energy supplier Future Energy ceases trading
LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) -
* Future Energy, a small British energy supplier has ceased trading, regulator Ofgem said on Thursday.
* Ofgem will choose a new supplier to take on the company's customers, which number nearly 10,000, the regulator said.
* Ofgem said that customers should not try to switch supplier and that outstanding credit balances will be protected.
* Britain has about 60 suppliers offering gas or electricity.
* The six biggest -- Centrica (Frankfurt: A0DK6K - news) , SSE (LSE: SSE.L - news) , Iberdrola (Amsterdam: ID6.AS - news) 's Scottish Power, Innogy's npower, E.ON and EDF Energy -- control 80 pct of the market. (Reporting by Susanna Twidale; Editing by David Goodman)