Scottish Power launches 'biggest ever' recruitment drive for 1,000 green energy jobs

Michael Holder
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Green energy giant seeking to rapidly fill a multitude of green energy and infrastructure jobs over the next 12 months to support expansion plans

ScottishPower has launched its "biggest ever" recruitment drive, with the firm seeking to fill least 1,000 new green energy roles over the next year to help build out of a raft of wind and solar projects...

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