Up to 600 jobs at risk at leading insulation company

Jessica Shankleman
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EXCLUSIVE: Domestic & General Insulation withdraws from energy efficiency market, saying it has struggled to adapt to sweeping market changes

One of the UK's leading insulation companies is being forced to make sweeping redundancies, with up to 600 jobs potentially at risk across the country, in the latest sign that the government's Green Deal...

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