LONDON: British energy supplier npower, a unit of Germany’s RWE, said on Tuesday it will axe 2,400 jobs after posting an annual loss on fierce competition, sliding sales and operational problems.

The company announced in a statement, published alongside RWE’s 2015 results, that it suffered an “extremely disappointing” performance and will shed about one fifth of its UK workforce in a new cost-cutting drive.

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