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Today's update focuses on funding and support and the contact we’ve had with employers over the past few weeks.

As the impact of COVID-19 on the construction industry becomes ever more apparent, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is refreshing its Skills and Training Fund (STF) to provide more support for micro, small and medium sized businesses.

Today's key messages are on online Site Safety training and a checklist for Apprentice Safety on Site.

Today's key messages are: repeating the important information about our levy suspension, take-up of advanced apprenticeship grants; the Government’s Self-employment income support scheme and CLC site operating procedures.

Today's key messages are on Apprenticeships, the CITB Levy, Site Safety Plus, a new employer support database and a monthly construction competition for schoolchildren across England, Scotland and Wales.

“A chance to make a real difference in the skills system in Wales”

Gwilym Hughes, HR Strategic Business Manager at Jehu explains how the Skills and Training Fund helped their site managers.

CITB will target more than 11,800 people to attract them into construction careers. Just 16% of construction employees are female, and 7% BAME, partly because construction firms rely on traditional recruitment methods.

Ainsley Construction hadn’t claimed a CITB grant for three years when Gareth Quinlan joined the company.