MEDIA
Journalists and media organisations can contact the Save Green Jobs campaign for interviews, comments and background information about job losses in the UK retrofit sector.
The Story in Brief
The UK government has pledged to create 240,000 green jobs by 2030, yet the workforce currently delivering home energy upgrades is already shrinking.
Industry surveys indicate that thousands of retrofit jobs have already been lost, with tens of thousands more potentially at risk across the sector.
Workers and businesses warn that funding instability and changes to delivery frameworks are pushing skilled workers and small companies out of the industry at the very moment they are needed to upgrade homes and tackle fuel poverty.
Key Statistics
240,000
green jobs promised by 2030
12,100
retrofit jobs already lost
79,878
additional jobs estimated to be at risk
£880m per year
Direct fuel-poverty grants under the Warm Homes Plan
Recent retrofit programmes delivered around £2–3 billion per year upgrading low-income homes, supporting thousands of skilled workers and small businesses across the UK
Campaign Statement
You cannot promise 240,000 green jobs while allowing the workforce delivering retrofit today to collapse.
Protecting retrofit workers and small businesses is essential if the UK is serious about upgrading homes, cutting energy bills and reaching net zero.
National Retrofit Convoy
Retrofit workers and businesses from across the UK will gather in Westminster to highlight growing job losses across the sector and call for urgent action to protect retrofit jobs.
Vehicles will travel into central London before a rally near Parliament calling for action to support the workforce delivering Britain’s green transition.
Background
Over the past decade the UK has built a national retrofit workforce capable of delivering home energy upgrades at scale.
This workforce includes installers, retrofit assessors, coordinators, surveyors, manufacturers and thousands of small and medium-sized businesses operating across the country.
Many of these businesses have delivered upgrades for low-income households through national retrofit programmes.
However, workers and businesses now warn that changes to funding structures and increasingly complex delivery frameworks are making it harder for smaller companies to participate in major schemes.
As work becomes concentrated among a smaller number of large contractors, many small retrofit businesses are losing access to projects.
Campaign supporters warn that excluding these companies risks job losses, reduced delivery capacity, and slower progress upgrading homes for households struggling with high energy bills.
Available for Interview
- Retrofit installers and small business owners
- Workers affected by job losses across the sector
- Campaign representatives speaking on national energy policy
Media Contact
Press Enquiries
info@savegreenjobs.co.uk
Journalists are welcome to contact the campaign for interviews, comments or background information.