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Government launches Skills England initiative and brings in former Co-op boss to head it
Government says initiative introduced to reduce reliance on overseas workers amid industry concern about skills capacity
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Lack of skilled workers may be biggest barrier to Labour hitting 1.5m homes target, warns economist
Construction Products Association director Noble Francis warns “there just won’t be the people” to meet key manifesto pledge
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ECA calls on government to invest in skills training for electricians
Skilled workers in sector crucial for built environment and net zero, body says
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Labour would allow firms to spend half of apprenticeship funds to train existing staff
Conservatives also unveil 30 more towns in line for levelling up cash as main parties continue election campaigning
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The race is on… Countdown to the general election part three: Infrastructure and creating communities
Over the next few months, Building will have a political focus: what do the parties have to offer? What does construction want and need? Here is the final instalment of our three-parter with an overview of election topics
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The race is on… Countdown to the general election part two: Building safety, affordable housing, skills and education
Over the next few months, Building will have a political focus: what do the parties have to offer? What does construction want and need? Here is the second instalment of our three-parter looking at election topics.
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‘I’d recommend it to anyone’: views on why an apprenticeship is better than university
For National Apprenticeship Week we spoke to three people who went the apprentice route about the benefits of being paid while you learn
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Pupils tour Kier-built life sciences block as Open Doors 2024 launches
Teens given guided tour of Hammersmith site and meet young apprentices working in construction
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Can T levels help to solve construction’s skills crisis?
Ben Flatman takes a look at how T levels might help to change the construction education landscape
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T-levels need ‘considerable work’ to succeed, Ofsted warns
Students are ‘misled’ about content of courses while industry placements can be inappropriate, regulator finds
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Labour costs ‘to soar by 8.3% this year’ due to skills shortage
Almost a quarter of a million more workers will be needed by 2027, says Currie & Brown
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Net zero transition could create 230,000 construction jobs by 2030, says CCC
Development of green workforce will require co-ordination
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Tackling the east of England’s construction skills challenge
The Building the Future Commission kicked off its series of regional roundtables with a trip to Cambridge to talk about skills with construction experts from across the east of England.
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More work needed to persuade young people to take construction T-levels, minister admits
Take-up of new technical qualifications still far behind BTECs
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Sunak planning radical skills reform to tackle low productivity
CITB says plans for new technical colleges could help tackle industry’s skills shortage
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Construction must find quarter of a million new workers by 2026, says CITB
Carpentry and joinery forecast for biggest demand growth
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CLC outlines plan to close 50,000-worker annual recruitment gap
Group focused on culture change, broadening diversity, and raising awareness of existing schemes
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Furlough scheme ‘creating labour shortages’, CBI warns
Business group's president says initiative narrowing talent pool available to firms
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Construction will need 217,000 new workers to meet demand by 2025, CITB warns
Joiners, electricians and fit-out specialists among skills most sought after
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Government and industry ‘never more joined up’ over new skills plan, Mace boss says
CLC launched initiative in March with more details due later this year