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The launch of this year’s Business Plan is a significant step forward in our longer-term ambition to transform the skills landscape.

Opportunity – for young people, employers and society – is central to the new Construction Leadership Council’s skills plan.

I like to keep things simple which is why CITB’s new Business Plan has one overriding aim: to put employers in the driving seat on skills and training.

“Even at 58 years old I am learning new technologies.” Those are the words of CITB Instructor and former Groundworker Tim Heads. Bircham-based Tim, 58, became a Groundworker after leaving school. He is a good example of age, skills and job diversity in construction.

This St David’s Day, we are putting a spotlight on CITB’s commitment to supporting the Welsh language.

Ten years on from completing her plant operative apprenticeship at CITB's NCC, Amy Underwood is using her huge online presence to promote construction to the next generation.

I’m a big fan of apprenticeships. Earning while learning is a great way to start working life. I know because when I became an apprentice gas service engineer in the early 1980s it changed my life.

2022 was a tough year. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was arguably the biggest conflict since World War Two. Meanwhile at home, rising inflation, interest rates, and a cost-of-living crisis took hold. The global and domestic upheaval impacted many industries including construction, one of the UK’s biggest growth drivers. This turbulence is reflected in our new Construction Skills Network (CSN) report.

My job is to help firms get all the funding they’re eligible for, writes CITB Engagement Adviser Abbie Langridge.

A school-based training facility which linked local people to employers who were struggling to recruit skilled workers scored top marks for delivery.