'Tech unicorn' Octopus Energy to create 1,000 new UK jobs

Firm says it wants to help Britain become best place to invest in clean energy'

Octopus Energy plans to create 1,000 new technology jobs across sites in London, Brighton, Warwick and Leicester, and a new tech hub in Manchester, as part of its vision to make the UK the Silicon Valley of energy".

The supplier will employ graduates at the new sites to help develop the proprietary green energy technology platform which has helped to make Octopus one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK.