Carillion blames sluggish Green Deal as it scales back energy business

Jessica Shankleman
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Construction firm expects to make redundancies as part of £40m restructuring plan

Construction giant Carillion is to shrink its energy services business, blaming the sluggish uptake of the government's flagship energy efficiency policies. The company yesterday said it would spend...

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