Energy giant Npower is to cut 1,400 jobs as part of a major restructuring of its UK operations.
There are to be closures at a number of the company’s sites in the UK, while some back-office operations will be outsourced to India.
The BBC has learned that a further 570 jobs will be outsourced within the UK.
Npower, one of the UK’s “big six” gas and electricity suppliers, currently employs 9,600 people in the UK.
Npower announced a major overhaul of its UK operations in August. It is expected that Npower will give details of the job losses on Thursday morning.
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