Prospect members at InterGen, a power generation and development company, have voted to accept a pay increase worth 2.5%.

The one-year deal applies to all employees and is effective from 1 January 2020. Salary increases will be applied in the April payroll and backdated to 1 January 2020.

In a joint statement, Prospect and Intergen said: “Once the current coronavirus crisis is over and we can hopefully revert to some sense of normality, we shall return to discussions over a long-term reward strategy for employees.

“InterGen and Prospect are grateful for your professionalism and commitment during the current exceptional events: we are both working to ensure that you remain safe whilst running part of the UK’s critical national infrastructure.”

Prospect negotiator Mike Macdonald said: “InterGen’s recognition of our members’ contribution to the company and UK infrastructure is welcome.

“This pandemic has really brought home to people the fact that we can achieve so much more by working together.”

InterGen’s UK headquarters are in Edinburgh and the company has sites at Rocksavage Power Station, Cheshire; Spalding Power Station, Lincolnshire and Coryton Power Station, Essex.