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Net Zero: 350,000 new construction roles to be created by 2028

To ensure the UK government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is on track, the construction industry will require the equivalent of 350,000 new roles to be created by 2028.

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.

Women explain how they have excelled in Welsh construction

Inspiring women into construction is the goal of a new video that has been created by CITB and partners.

Covid-19: CITB chief exec update - 11 March 2021

As face-to-face education gradually begins to return across the countries, today I would like to update you on the phased reopening of the National Construction Colleges and more remote learning courses coming soon; the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) launching the first sector-wide skills plan for industry; and an appeal for roofers to register with the RoofCERT accreditation scheme.

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.

“Happy to be moving forward” – Mike gets on track with bricklaying course

20-year-old Mike Blunt from Andover has worked hard to be where he is today. Being deaf from birth may have deterred others from pursuing a career in construction, but Mike has never viewed it as a reason to hold him back.

Budget 2021 for construction – CITB statement

Response to the Government's 2021 Budget by CITB Policy Director Steve Radley

Scottish Apprenticeship Week: Success breeds success!

As Scotland prepares to celebrate Apprenticeship Week (1-5 March), a young painter/decorator from Drumchapel has completed an incredible triple. Anthony Morton has been nominated for Apprentice of the Year at a prestigious Glasgow college – just like his boss before him and his boss’s boss before that.

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.