Npower
UK-based supplier of gas and electricity
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| 2021 | E.ON transferred npower's residential customers to a new brand, E.ON Next, leaving npower active only in the commercial energy space as npower Business Solutions. |
| November 2019 | Npower announced plans to cut up to 4,500 jobs in the United Kingdom to improve company profitability. |
| November 29 2019 | Npower announced the axing of over 4,500 jobs and the wind-down of its brand, with customers to be migrated to E.ON UK as part of E.On Next. |
| January 2019 | Npower announced plans to cut nine hundred jobs due to a challenging retail energy market and government price cap. |
| January 2019 | Npower became a subsidiary of E.ON UK. |
| April 1 2016 | RWE split off its renewable energy, network, and retail businesses into Innogy SE, with Npower becoming a subsidiary and renamed Npower Limited. |
| March 2016 | Npower announced significant losses of £106 million, 2,500 global job cuts, and the relocation of over 1,000 back-office jobs to India. |
| December 2015 | Ofgem ordered Npower to pay a £26 million settlement for 'failing to treat customers fairly', marking the second significant fine imposed on the company. |
| June 2014 | Npower closed its call centre in Fenton, resulting in the loss of 480 jobs, following an announcement made in the previous December. |
| November 2013 | Npower sold two former Telecom Plus subsidiaries back to Utility Warehouse for £218 million. |
| September 2013 | Labour Party MPs and campaign group 38 Degrees accused Npower of tax avoidance, leading to public calls for customer boycotts and provider switches. |
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