Workers at a Tarmac facility in Derbyshire are set to hold four days of strike action later this month over a pay dispute. Unite the Union said more than 30 of its members at the Alfreton Blocks Plant, in Somercotes, will walk out on 15, 16, 22 and 23 September.…
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is pressing ahead with short-notice funding changes, in a move described by one body as “a real kick in the teeth”. Last week, the CITB informed firms paying its industry levy that its Skills & Training (S&T) fund will shut down on 30 September…
Entries and pass rates for the Construction and Built Environment GCSE have increased this year across the UK, with the subject’s popularity in Northern Ireland up by 71 per cent since 2019. The latest annual GCSE results released this morning (21 August) revealed that 1,484 students sat the construction qualification…
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced cuts to two funding programmes, prompting criticism from employers and training professionals over a lack of consultation. Enhanced achievement grants for Level 3 to Level 7 NVQs will be reduced from up the current enhanced rates of £1,500 to £600 per qualification…
The proportion of students passing construction-related T levels has risen, data released today (14 August) shows. A total of 107 students qualified with onsite construction T levels, out of 125 enrolled on courses across the country, according to provisional Department for Education (DfE) data. Meanwhile, 506 passed their building-services engineering…
Morgan Sindall Construction has become the second construction business to receive accreditation under a scheme to improve quality management in the built environment. The firm won certification under BS 99001, a standard designed to help the sector implement the requirements of the Building Safety Act while boosting regulatory compliance, cutting…
Businesses have been urged to futureproof their workforces ahead of the withdrawal of a key source of apprenticeship funding next year. From January, funding will be scrapped for level-seven apprenticeships – equivalent to a master’s degree – for anyone aged 22 or over, with resources redirected to lower levels, where…
The number of people employed in construction dropped to the second-lowest level in almost a quarter of a century from April to the end of June. Office for National Statistics figures released today for the second quarter of the year show that 2,081,000 people were employed in the sector. This…
The government has announced the locations of 10 Construction Technical Excellence Colleges across England to train more than 40,000 workers by 2029. The colleges will provide advanced training for apprentices and experienced tradespeople in bricklaying, carpentry, electrical work, plumbing and other skills. The £100m funding for the colleges was originally…
A Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) programme generated £3.54m in social value over four years, according to an independent report. The Mind the Gap initiative, which ran from May 2017 to October 2020, aimed to improve employment outcomes for ex-offenders in the construction sector. led by Led by Lendlease subsidiary…
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