British Gas engineers have lost their jobs. British Gas vehicles have mounted up at sites in Edinburgh and Livingston as yesterday’s deadline came for staff to either accept reduced “fire and rehire” conditions or lose their jobs.
Many walked earlier and some hung on to the bitter end – making the final painful drive to drop off their emblematic vans in recent days.
British Gas yesterday suspended the sale of boiler insurance cover – due to the shortage of engineers – while hundreds of skilled workers left the business.
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