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CITB supports over 52,000 construction workers to complete mental health training
|Date: 12 May, 2025

CITB supports over 52,000 construction workers to complete mental health training
To mark the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week (12 May – 18 May 2025), The Construction Industry T ...
To mark the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week (12 May – 18 May 2025), The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released its latest figures for its mental health training. Since 2018 ...
12 May, 2025
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Women starting construction apprenticeships increases by two-thirds since 2018
|Date: 7 March, 2025

Women starting construction apprenticeships increases by two-thirds since 2018
The Construction Industry Training Board is urging more women to consider a career in construction and co ...
The Construction Industry Training Board is urging more women to consider a career in construction and continue the upward trend The number of women starting construction apprenticeships has risen dra ...
7 March, 2025
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CITB report finds that apprenticeship starts need to triple to meet industry demand
|Date: 17 February, 2025

CITB report finds that apprenticeship starts need to triple to meet industry demand
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has published its latest ‘Construction Apprenticeships: O ...
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has published its latest ‘Construction Apprenticeships: Opportunities. Challenges. Support.’ report. The publication draws on a range of research to hig ...
17 February, 2025
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NFRC celebrates SkillBuild 2024 roofing finals
|Date: 27 November, 2024

NFRC celebrates SkillBuild 2024 roofing finals
NFRC highlights the exceptional efforts of all finalists in 2024's SkillBuild competition After a hard-fo ...
NFRC highlights the exceptional efforts of all finalists in 2024's SkillBuild competition After a hard-fought final, Joe Gallagher from Bolton College took first place. Close behind in second was 19-y ...
27 November, 2024
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Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions tackles the skills gap
|Date: 20 November, 2024

Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions tackles the skills gap
Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions, through its brands British Gypsum and Isover, is pleased to introduce th ...
Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions, through its brands British Gypsum and Isover, is pleased to introduce the first episode of its all-new Building Better series. Indeed, the first episode to feature on ...
20 November, 2024
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CITB to invest £267million over coming year
|Date: 8 May, 2024

CITB to invest £267million over coming year
The Construction Industry Training Board has set out a plan for the coming year, with plans to invest in ...
The Construction Industry Training Board has set out a plan for the coming year, with plans to invest in the construction skills system. The new direction sets out to build on previous plans and shows ...
8 May, 2024
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The Association of Brickwork Contractors to deliver a Brickwork Upskilling Programme
|Date: 31 October, 2023

The Association of Brickwork Contractors to deliver a Brickwork Upskilling Programme
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (The ABC) has won the tender for a three-year contract of fundin ...
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (The ABC) has won the tender for a three-year contract of funding from The CITB, the industries’ training board for the construction sector in England, Scotlan ...
31 October, 2023
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Professional Builder talks to CITB about apprenticeships
|Date: 5 October, 2023

Professional Builder talks to CITB about apprenticeships
Professional Builder’s Edward Kelly speaks to Tim Balcon, CEO of CITB, about the skills gap and supportin ...
Professional Builder’s Edward Kelly speaks to Tim Balcon, CEO of CITB, about the skills gap and supporting SME apprenticeships The skills gap is one of the biggest threats facing the construction ind ...
5 October, 2023
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ABC launches brickwork building safety compliance qualification
|Date: 5 September, 2023

ABC launches brickwork building safety compliance qualification
ABC introduces new qualification for brickwork technicians to enhance building safety compliance The Asso ...
ABC introduces new qualification for brickwork technicians to enhance building safety compliance The Association of Brickwork Contractors’ ABC Assessment Centre is delighted to announce the launch of ...
5 September, 2023
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CITB ensures safer plant operations with changes to training and testing
|Date: 23 August, 2023

CITB ensures safer plant operations with changes to training and testing
CITB is piloting changes across a series of plant training standards and grants, implemented from 31 July ...
CITB is piloting changes across a series of plant training standards and grants, implemented from 31 July  to help standardise plant training and testing requirements across the construction industry. ...
23 August, 2023
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Calling all innovators: CITB is offering up to £500k for your ideas
|Date: 6 July, 2023

Calling all innovators: CITB is offering up to £500k for your ideas
Have you got a big idea that could have a positive impact on the construction industry? The Industry Impa ...
Have you got a big idea that could have a positive impact on the construction industry? The Industry Impact Fund could be just what you need to turn that idea into a reality. Launched alongside CITB’s ...
6 July, 2023
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Keystone Group supports rising construction stars with sponsorship of SkillBuild
|Date: 24 June, 2023

Keystone Group supports rising construction stars with sponsorship of SkillBuild
Keystone Group has been announced as the main sponsors of SkillBuild 2023, the largest and longest-runnin ...
Keystone Group has been announced as the main sponsors of SkillBuild 2023, the largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK. The contest has support from four companies withi ...
24 June, 2023
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Professional Builder Podcast: Taking on an apprentice
|Date: 17 May, 2023

Professional Builder Podcast: Taking on an apprentice
In our latest podcast Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to Ruth Scarrott, Head of Careers at the Nat ...
In our latest podcast Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to Ruth Scarrott, Head of Careers at the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) about recruiting and retaining apprentices Many ...
17 May, 2023
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SkillBuild gold medallists excel at “UK’s Construction Olympics”
|Date: 20 December, 2021

SkillBuild gold medallists excel at “UK’s Construction Olympics”
The winners of SkillBuild ’21 - the “UK's construction Olympics" – have been described as having “the ski ...
The winners of SkillBuild ’21 - the “UK's construction Olympics" – have been described as having “the skills everyone is crying out for”.  Fifty-three competitors from across the UK took part in Skill ...
20 December, 2021
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Students build bright future thanks to successful new scheme
|Date: 17 December, 2021

Students build bright future thanks to successful new scheme
A new programme to get more young people into construction jobs is set to be scaled up after a successful ...
A new programme to get more young people into construction jobs is set to be scaled up after a successful bricklaying pilot in Teesside. The occupational traineeship in bricklaying has been developed ...
17 December, 2021
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Time to reconstruct CITB’ says National Federation of Builders
|Date: 3 November, 2021

Time to reconstruct CITB’ says National Federation of Builders
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has today launched a paper, representing the views of its membe ...
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has today launched a paper, representing the views of its members, aiming to spark an industry and Government-wide debate about the future of CITB. The paper ...
3 November, 2021
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