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CITB Press Office contacts-2020
To contact the press team please email: press.office@citb.co.uk
Contact details for journalists only:
- Richard Purnell - 07786 336 243
- Bernadette Galbraith (Scotland)
- Mark Piggott (England)
- James Willsher (England)
- John Gilheaney (Wales)
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Britain builds back: Construction will need 216,800 new workers by 2025 to meet demand
CITB appoints Jackie Ducker as new Customer and Product Director
CITB has appointed Jackie Ducker as the organisation’s new Customer and Product Director, replacing the outgoing Braden Connolly. Jackie steps into her new role on 5 July.
UK’s first occupational traineeship for construction begins at Hartlepool College
A new generation of traineeship begins this week at Hartlepool College for 20 bricklaying learners.
Construction careers for West Midlands residents
The West Midlands is set to benefit from a new scheme to assist residents looking for employment or change of career and fill a skills shortage in local construction.
New training centre celebrates successful first course
A new training centre in North Wales has successfully trained its first cohort of scaffolders.
Multi-million investment in future of Welsh construction
The future of the construction industry in Wales has been given a boost by CITB’s multi-million-pound investment in four construction training and employment hubs.
Scotland construction sector to grow 4.1% with 26,250 extra jobs needed to meet demand
Construction in Scotland has come back strongly from COVID-19, needing 26,250 extra jobs to be created by 2025.
Britain Builds Back – Welsh construction to need over 9,000 new workers by 2025 to meet demand
Construction has bounced back quicker than expected from the Covid-19 pandemic, and most of the industry will reach 2019 levels of output in 2023.
Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 9 June 2021
Your CITB update this week has two main items: news of a bounce back in construction output predicted in our new 2021-25 skills forecast, and details of a free health and wellbeing conference for employers.
Consensus consultation on Levy Proposals to start next month
The Construction Levy rates will remain the same for 2022-25 under proposals confirmed by the CITB Board on 21 May, with industry support to be measured this summer.