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CITB Wales update: 83% rise in skills and training funding
Welcome to CITB Wales quarterly update. Here’s news on our work that will help you get the most from our services across Wales.

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.

Women explain how they have excelled in Welsh construction
Inspiring women into construction is the goal of a new video that has been created by CITB and partners.

New group sets high standards for Welsh apprentices
A new partnership is striving to ensure high standards for young people looking to join the construction industry in Wales.

Thousands more people into Welsh construction – CITB’s Strategic Plan 2021-25
Supporting training and retraining to rebuild after the recovery, improving productivity and making it easier to help employers bring in apprentices and other new entrants to Welsh construction are key elements of CITB’s Strategic Plan.

Act now or waste a generation of potential
A blog by Steve Radley, CITB Strategy and Policy Director. This article first appeared in Construction News.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update - 26 August 2020
Today’s email contains important information on grant changes; a reminder about the Construction Talent Retention Scheme; news of free mental wellbeing training; and, finally, proposed changes to CITB’s size and structure.

CITB proposes action to increase efficiency, cut costs
Consultation with employees to reduce size by 110 roles.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 15 July 2020
Today's update includes information on the Talent Retention Scheme; additional Apprenticeship Support and Standards; and NCC and HS&E Test Centre re-openings.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 1 July 2020
Today’s email includes information on a deadline extension for applications to the current Grant Scheme Year; an update on our advance apprenticeship attendance grants; and news of an extension to the Construction Skills Fund (CSF) scheme, funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and delivered by CITB.