Industry warns Green Deal delays could cost 16,000 insulation jobs

Will Nichols
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Insulation firms call on government to ensure smooth transition to new Green Deal regime or risk the sector collapsing in 2013

Funding gaps between the government's current energy efficiency schemes and the soon to be launched Green Deal could cost 16,000 jobs in the sector over the next year, a coalition of insulation companies...

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