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Who benefits from the Construction Levy?
It’s a big question. Well, there is of course a clear focus on Levy payers, but if it were collected, with an aim of simply giving it back, there would be no point.
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CITB appoints Chairs to Nation Councils and invites applications for member vacancies
CITB has announced the appointment of the Chairs of its Nation Councils for England, Scotland and Wales, and is calling for applicants to become Council members.
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CITB appoints Jackie Ducker as new Customer and Product Director
CITB has appointed Jackie Ducker as the organisation’s new Customer and Product Director, replacing the outgoing Braden Connolly. Jackie steps into her new role on 5 July.
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UK’s first occupational traineeship for construction begins at Hartlepool College
A new generation of traineeship begins this week at Hartlepool College for 20 bricklaying learners.
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Construction careers for West Midlands residents
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.
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Britain builds back: Construction will need 216,800 new workers by 2025 to meet demand
Construction has bounced back quicker than expected from the Covid-19 pandemic and the industry will reach 2019 levels of output in 2022. By 2025, the industry will need to recruit an additional 217,000 new workers just to meet demand. That’s the forecast of the Construction Skills Network (CSN) 2021-25, published by CITB today.
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Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 9 June 2021
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.
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Consensus consultation on Levy Proposals to start next month
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.
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Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 26 May 2021
Today’s email details the freezing of Construction Levy rates and the SkillBuild 2021 qualifier competitions.
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Covid-19: CITB chief exec update – 20 May 2021
Today I want to talk about how the Skills & Training Fund can support Medium-sized businesses; some hopefully useful information about the Levy Return 2021; news about some free webinars for training providers; and the results of the CLC ‘People Survey’, which provides a snapshot of the construction workforce as we move out of the pandemic.