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The largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK returns, as registration opens for SkillBuild 2022. SkillBuild is delivered by CITB and forms a part of WorldSkills UK, often dubbed the ‘skills Olympics.’

Two men, one from Manchester and one from Macclesfield have today been sentenced to 28 months each at Chester Crown Court. The pair pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit fraud and fraud by false representation between May and September 2019, after falsifying CITB health, safety and environment tests for commercial gain.

The UK’s top construction trainees will battle it out on 16-18 November at CITB’s SkillBuild National Finals.  

Landmark new research from CITB has outlined the scale of the mental health challenge facing construction.

A new generation of traineeship begins this week at Hartlepool College for 20 bricklaying learners.

The West Midlands is set to benefit from a new scheme to assist residents looking for employment or change of career and fill a skills shortage in local construction.

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.

The Construction Levy rates will remain the same for 2022-25 under proposals confirmed by the CITB Board on 21 May, with industry support to be measured this summer.

Today’s email details the freezing of Construction Levy rates and the SkillBuild 2021 qualifier competitions.

Today’s email details the CITB’s plans for returning to face-to-face customer support, and our end of year review.