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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has launched new, free digital training modules that are designed to make recruitment more inclusive, accessible, and effective.

Construction employers across the country have the chance to inspire the next generation of construction workers by demonstrating the excitement of a career in construction and taking young people onto one of their live sites.

We have been listening to industry and have heard that our current grants and funding system is complicated and can be difficult to navigate. As a result of this, we're streamlining our approach to more effectively help levy-registered employers access financial support for training.

The £250,000 project aims to upskill over 100 rainscreen façade system installers and 24 supervisors. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched a £250,000 project to upskill 100 rainscreen façade system installers and 24 supervisors to accelerate remediation works required across the country.

The results show that 67% of construction employers are in support of CITB’s Levy plans – improving on the 2021 Consensus results. Additionally, 12 out of the 14 Prescribed Organisations are in agreement with the Levy Proposals.

The Consensus process will take place between Monday 17 March – Friday 9 May 2025. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched its Consensus process to assess industry support for its Levy Proposals that will help provide training for the construction industry across the next three years.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched its Strategic Plan 2025-29, outlining its approach to supporting the construction industry's skills and training needs over the next four years. This Plan emphasises the importance of collaboration with industry and UK Governments’, investment in skills and training development, and the need to address the skills gap to ensure the construction industry can meet future demands.

Following last year’s Consultation and with Consensus due to start in March, we spoke to some CITB Board members and Levy Strategy Committee members to hear their views on the 2026 – 2029 Levy Proposals.

The Department for Education today published the Government’s response to the ITB Review, which was conducted by Mark Farmer in 2023 and finalised last year. The report stresses the vital need for the work of the Industrial Training Boards (ITBs) within the construction and engineering construction industries and concludes that the ITB levy-grant model should be retained. Indeed, it states that the role of the ITBs should be strengthened and calls on them to do more.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced today new dates for its Consensus process: the procedure will now start on 17 March 2025 and continue until 9 May.