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Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and CITB CEO Tim Balcon today signed a first-of-its-kind training agreement to tackle an estimated shortfall of 9,000 building workers in the region. The landmark collaboration between the Combined Authority (CA) and the CITB marks a major step forward in ensuring the region has the skilled workforce needed to deliver ambitious housing, retrofit and infrastructure projects.

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

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today announced a series of changes it is making to the funding and grant system. The changes are designed to ensure CITB can deliver the greatest value for the greatest number of employers and maximise the value of the Levy for industry.

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.

March 2026 will see the launch of phase three of CITB’s new plant training standards. CITB and the Plant Sector Representative Organisation (PSRO) have been working together closely to standardise plant training across the construction industry. This has seen the introduction of short-course training standards for plant categories that reflect the increased requirements and responsibilities for plant operators.

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.