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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.14 - Trade of electricity
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
18 December 2020
Description
Planet-U Energy, the British renewable energy broker firm has announced that it will create 150 new jobs by the end of 2020 in Leeds, England.
The recruitment drive for energy brokers, sales executives, account managers and business development managers is already underway.
This business expansion is part of the company's effort to become the first British exclusively renewables energy broker, providing services allowing clients to reduce their overall business carbon footprint and implement clean energy technologies.
Planet-U Energy was established in 2018. Since then, the firm has sold £720 million (an estimated €800 million, as at 24 July 2020) worth of energy contracts and it is currently opening its second office in Leeds.
Eurofound (2020), Planet-U Energy, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101314, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101314.
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