Workers at one of Britain’s “big six” private energy companies could face huge job losses through a restructuring exercise, general union GMB warned yesterday.
Eon, which is part of a German transnational corporation, has announced plans to split the company in two with the formation of a new company to look at alternative energy sources.
Eon chief executive Johannes Teyssen said the company was responding to “dramatically altered global energy markets, technical innovation, and more diverse customer expectations.”
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