ONE of Worcester's biggest employers is calling on the Government to extend its boiler scrappage scheme.

Worcester Bosch Group, based in Cotswold Way, Blackpole, has started lobbying MPs and civil servants asking them to extend the scheme that can help reduce household energy bills.

The scheme has proved popular with both boiler installers such as Bosch and 125,000 homeowners have taken part.

Neil Schofield, head of sustainable development at the Worcester firm, said: “The scheme has been good for the installer, the householder and the entire domestic heating sector.”