Oil workers get green jobs offer

Thursday 12 Dec 2024
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ScottishPower offers hope for Grangemouth refinery works facing redundancy.

ScottishPower is offering a job lifeline to workers facing redundancy at Ineos’s Grangemouth refinery.

The Glasgow-based energy firm plans to recruit 1,000 people next year and is urging affected staff to apply for new roles in its electricity networks business.

With electricity demand set to double, the UK is undergoing its biggest-ever grid upgrade. ScottishPower has committed to investing £24bn in the UK, including £11bn in Scotland, to modernise and expand power lines to meet soaring demand.

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