To up to 4,500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. Three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester, could be closed. Unions have called it a cruel blow for the compa nys workers in the run up to christmas. Our economics correspondent andy verity has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to
The Energy Supplier is to cut up to 4. 5 thousand jobs in the uk as part of restructuring plans to make the firm more profitable. Three call centres could be closed. Our economics correspondent has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to go . Its just another nail in the coffin in this area. Its one after another. My fear is what ab
The energy supplier, npower, is to cut to up to a500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. Three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester could be closed. Our economics correspondent, andy verity has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to go . Its just another nail in the coffin in this a
The firm they created. And peloton gets a rough ride after its exercise bike ad is mocked for being sexist and dystopian. And well be getting the inside track on how happy workers are productive workers much like myself and sally, who are of course always all smiles. Were talking about increasing diversity at the top today. So is positive discrimination in favour of ethnic minorities the answer . What do you think . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. Britains leading companies are failing to improve Ethnic Diversity at the top. Executive search firm green park found the number of black, asian and minority ethnic or bame Board Directors of major uk firms has stalled at almost every senior level. According to the firm just 3. 3 , senior execs in ftse 100 companies are from an ethnic minority and its barely improved over the last six years. In fact, there are more bosses called steve in the ftse 100 than there are those from ethnic minorities. And
We live in a Democratic Society and those that would seek to silence us will not succeed. Three other people were stabbed in the attack, and the Prime Minister has been chairing a meeting of the governments Emergency Cobra Committee tonight. Also on the programme. Heated exchanges in the bbcs Election Debate in cardiff, as conservative and labour brexit plans are described as a lie and a cop out. Up to 4,500 jobs could go at the Energy Provider npower. Thousands of students across the world walk out of school, as part of a Global Climate strike. The players deserve huge credit for that. And Gareth Southgate tells us of his high hopes for the england team in next years euros. And in the sport on bbc news, times up for unai emery, sacked by arsenal after 18 months at the club. Freddie ljungberg takes temporary charge. Good evening. Two people have died in what the metropolitan police are describing as a terrorist incident on London Bridge. The attacker was later shot dead. Several member