More than 200 jobs have been spared in Rayleigh after electricity supplier Powergen bought the UK branch of troubled energy firm TXU for £1.37bn.

Staff at TXU's London Road office faced bleak outlook yesterday morning when Scottish & Southern Energy said it had pulled out of talks to buy the firm.

However, Powergen sealed the deal which will safeguard over 1,900 TXU jobs across Britain.

Published Tuesday October 22, 2002

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