Thames Water has announced plans to cut 350 support staff jobs as part of a major efficiency drive.
The UK's biggest water supplier told its staff today that major redundancies would effect support staff roles in areas like human relations and management.
The proposals, which will make roughly 5 percent of its workforce redundant, also outline plans to remove another 300 roles, by not filling vacancies and by axing contractor roles.
A spokesman for Thames Water said: "Today we informed our employees of the potential loss of around 350 roles.
"We will seek to minimise redundancies wherever possible, through redeployment and voluntary redundancy for affected groups and by agreement.
"This is clearly very difficult news for employees directly affected and we will do as much as we can to support them, including providing practical help to find new roles.
"We remain totally focused on managing our cost base. The money we spend belongs to our customers and investors - and we are committed to delivering on our commitments to them and all of our stakeholders."
