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The introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive is effectively dead in the water thanks to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Comprehensive Spending Review, says a leading heating industry figure.

The monthly figures from the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index®UK show that construction saw a further moderate rise in business activity during June.

Builders merchants Grafton Group has launched a retail bond, offering investors an annual return of 5.5% over seven years.

Builders merchants group Travis Perkins is adding the Masternaut telematics systems to a further 1,000 vehicles.

Insulation manufacturer Knauf Insulation is calling on the Government to recognise the hard truth about its Green Deal scheme - that a significant demand driver is needed to prevent it from total collapse.

Plumbers merchant chain Plumb Center is encouraged by the first quarterly Green Deal statistics which show almost 40,000 people have had an assessment carried out.

Building materials producer Lafarge Tarmac has won the British Precast Concrete Association's Sustainability Champions 2013 award for its Automatic Tyre Inflation System.

Builders organisation the Federation of Master Builders believes that cutting VAT to 5% for housing RMI work will help more households than Green Deal finance can.

Senior industry figures have signed an open letter urging the government to address the issues with the Green Deal, following the release of the first quarterly statistics of the scheme.

Ensuring success for the Green Deal and the retrofit agenda