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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
10 October 2016
Foreseen end date
10 October 2017
Description
Opus Energy has recently opened new offices in Cardiff, South Wales in the Capital Quarter business district. The company, which supplies electricity and gas for business premises, announced at the opening of the new offices that it would be creating a further 100 jobs over the next year, in addition to the 19 staff who have already been recruited, and that it was possible that even more staff could be required. The company already operates offices in England, with 750 people being employed across its sites in Northampton and Oxford.
Sources
10 October 2016: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Opus Energy, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 88899, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88899.
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