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Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 9 June 2021
Your CITB update this week has two main items: news of a bounce back in construction output predicted in our new 2021-25 skills forecast, and details of a free health and wellbeing conference for employers.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 26 May 2021
Today’s email details the freezing of Construction Levy rates and the SkillBuild 2021 qualifier competitions.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 20 May 2021
Today I want to talk about how the Skills & Training Fund can support Medium-sized businesses; some hopefully useful information about the Levy Return 2021; news about some free webinars for training providers; and the results of the CLC ‘People Survey’, which provides a snapshot of the construction workforce as we move out of the pandemic.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update - 5 May 2021
Today’s email details the CITB’s plans for returning to face-to-face customer support, and our end of year review.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update - 29 April 2021
Today I want to talk about the Nation Council Chair vacancies for England and Scotland; the Supply Chain Sustainability School virtual workshops and webinars on Fairness, Inclusion and Respect; the HSE’s new toolkit aimed at reducing work-based stress; and how CITB is widening support for employers with apprentices who have to “Travel to Train”.

Carillion, COVID-19 and site carpentry: an apprentice's progress
Neither COVID-19 lockdowns nor the collapse of Carillion have stopped Level 3 site carpentry apprentice Cezary Poniatowski from succeeding in his construction career.

Net Zero: 12,000 new construction roles to be created by 2028 in Wales
To ensure the Welsh government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is on track, the construction industry will require the equivalent of 12,000 new roles to be created by 2028 in Wales.

Net Zero: 22,500 new construction roles to be created in Scotland by 2028
To ensure the Scottish Government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 is on track, the construction industry will require the equivalent of 22,500 new roles to be created by 2028.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update - 4 March 2021
Today’s email details the launch of our Levy consultation, an overview of Scottish National Apprenticeship week, and how next week we’ll be celebrating women in construction.

Britain’s construction training body pledges pre-Covid rates
The training body for British construction is proposing to keep rates at pre-Covid levels as it launches a wide-reaching consultation into its funding proposals.