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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced a 30 per cent increase in apprenticeship funding.
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Redrow calls on government to help SMEs hire more apprentices
Housebuilder Redrow has called on the government to help SMEs take on more apprentices after a study showed more than a quarter (27 per cent) do not employ apprentices due to cost pressures.
CITB warns of widening skills gap as jobs forecast rises
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has warned that the sector must act to avoid “widening the skills gap” in the face of Brexit.
Brexit: Third of EU construction workers consider leaving UK
Almost a third of EU nationals working in the construction industry have considered leaving the UK because of Brexit uncertainty, a survey has found.
Payroll company loses CITB levy challenge
Payroll company Hudson Contract Services has lost a High Court appeal over its eligibility to pay the industry’s training levy.
Industry calls on Brexit immigration rules to be relaxed for 18 trades
Construction industry trade bodies have called on the government to relax proposed immigration rules for people with skills in 18 construction-related occupations.
Fake skills cards fraudster jailed for three years
A man who made and sold fake CSCS cards online has been jailed for more than three years.
Carillion recruited in Greece and Portugal to plug AWPR skills gap
Carillion was recruiting workers from Portugal and Greece to plug skills gaps on the troubled Aberdeen bypass project before the company went into liquidation in January.