MORE than 300 jobs are at risk from a “cynical attempt” to boost profits at energy company SSE, Unite has said. 

About half of those affected are in the company’s Renewable Services subsidiary, despite the operation’s annual profits rising by £87 million to £326m last year, said the union.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “SSE’s renewables operation is already extremely profitable and set to become even more so as the demand for renewables increases.