22 September 2011 11:23
E.ON UK to reduce support staff numbers by up to 500
E.ON has today (THURS) announces that it is to seek up to 500 voluntary redundancies in the UK.
The company is looking to reduce numbers in its UK support functions to reflect the changed nature of the business following the sale of its distribution arm, Central Networks, in March and the subsequent concentration on the customer-facing business.
Dr Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: "We had to undertake a deep and rigorous review of how much money we spend in order to ensure we keep costs as low as possible for our customers, become a more agile organisation and build a sustainable business in the UK.
"While I'm very aware that this will be a difficult time for our colleagues, it is our aim to keep uncertainty to a minimum and to achieve these redundancies by voluntary means."
The main impact of these redundancies is likely to be at the company's head office in Coventry, and to a lesser extent at support functions at its offices north of Nottingham.
Due to the voluntary nature of the planned redundancies, it is currently not possible to say how many people at each site will be affected by the changes.
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Notes to editors:
- E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating electricity, and retailing power and gas - and is part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. We employ around 12,000 people in the UK and more than 79,000 worldwide.
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