Resolution of pay dispute at Drax Power Station

Drax Group has pledged to champion social mobility and raise aspirations within its communities during a visit to the energy company from the founder of the Social Mobility Pledge campaign group – Justine Greening.

Applications have opened for this year’s intake of apprentices at Drax Power Station, near Selby in North Yorkshire.

60 years after work began to build the iconic Cruachan pumped hydro storage power station in Scotland, its owner, Drax Group, has commissioned a new tartan to commemorate the 15 men who died during its construction.

Employees from Drax’s Galloway hydro power scheme rescued motorists after their vehicles got stuck in floodwater near the Glenlee Power Station on Tuesday evening, as a result of heavy rainfall which deluged local roads.