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The best construction trainees and apprentices from across the UK have been announced following this year’s SkillBuild Regional Qualifiers. The Regional Qualifier finalists all now progress to the SkillBuild 2025 National Final in November later this year.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) today announces the shortlist for the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards 2025. Returning for the fourth year, the awards continue to highlight the significant contributions of women from across the construction industry and showcase women in the sector in order to make role models more visible and accessible.

‘Let’s talk Grants & Funding’ Book a place today at our Scaffolding open morning and find out how we can financially support your business with your CISRS training and apprenticeships.

Are you thinking of taking on an Apprentices, or looking to update your CISRS?  NCC can help.  Tours run between 8.30 – 11.00 so come and see our college facilities, meet apprentices and NCC team to discuss any skills/ training needs.  

Free visitor tickets are now available to book for the UK Plant Operator of the Year competition (UKPOOTY). The competition is run by UK Plant Operators (UKPO) Magazine while working with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), providing visitors the opportunity to see the best UK plant operative talent compete in a range of highly skilled challenges.

Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland have joined forces with Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) to create a new suicide prevention training programme tailored to the Scottish construction industry. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is backing the bespoke training and resource programme, currently scheduled to launch Autumn 2025, with £239,000 in funding from its Industry Impact Fund.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and UK Plant Operators (UKPO) Magazine are today announcing the return of the annual ‘UK Plant Operator of the Year’ competition (UKPOOTY).

Registrations are now open for the UK’s largest and longest-running multi-trade skills competition, delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). SkillBuild brings together the UK’s top construction trainee talent, skilled learners and apprentices to battle it out to be crowned winners of their chosen trade.

Following on from an engaging CITB Skills & Training Conference in Cardiff, we head to London to meet even more employers, training providers and industry stakeholders. The one-day event on February 6 will see employers benefiting from one-to-one support on accessing CITB funding and services, including the Employer Network initiative. Training providers, meanwhile, will have the opportunity to hear about the industry’s major opportunities and meet construction companies and industry trade federations.

In a significant step forward for workforce development in the East of England, Sizewell C has launched a new Skills Charter to help ensure the project delivers a truly skilled and inclusive workforce on the Suffolk coast.