600 jobs under threat in Worcester as Npower announces restructure

Over 600 jobs could be lost in Worcester after Big Six energy firm Npower announced its intention to axe up to 4,500 staff across the UK.

According to reports, the loss-making company is planning to close its call centres in Worcester, Hull and Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland as part of a £500 million restructuring plan.

It is thought that the impact of former Prime Minister Theresa May’s energy price cap influenced the firm’s decision to carry out the restructure.

A spokesperson for the GMB Union said: “Clearly this announcement will be a body blow to Npower workers across the UK. The government has to urgently wake up to the impact that the price cap is having on good and reasonably well-paid jobs in UK energy companies.

“Npower is a poorly managed company with significant losses in the UK but it’s always the workers that face the brunt of poor management coupled with regulation that sends work overseas whilst sacking energy workers in the UK.”