Jobs lost as firm now in administration

HUNDREDS of jobs have been lost at a major Welsh employer as it announced it has entered administration.

- ELLIE GOSLEY

Consumer Energy Solutions has appointed administrators.

(GOOGLE)

Almost 300 staff at Consumer Energy Solutions, which has sites in Swansea and Rhondda Cynon Taf, have lost their jobs after City Energy Group, which owns the company, confirmed it was undergoing a restructure.

A notice posted on the Consumer Energy Solutions (CES) website on Friday announced that administrators had been appointed.

It added that the energy company had “ceased trading with immediate effect’.

CES employs 295 people in Swansea and Treorchy and administrators are now responsible for supporting all workers through the job losses.

A member of staff who spoke to us after the company told workers their jobs were at risk in the days before Christmas said people were “in turmoil” after being told the grim news on a Teams call.