A total of 430 companies employing more than 100,000 people have already signed up to the Construction Leadership Council’s Construction Talent Retention scheme, as it goes live today (24 July).
The not-for-profit programme, backed by government, businesses,
professional institutions and unions provides an online portal to allow skilled
individuals to showcase their experience and expertise to businesses across the
industry.
The free-to-use site allows the redeployment of staff at
risk of redundancy and enables temporary employee loans between businesses. It
also gives displaced workers from other sectors a route to find new employment.
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More than 400 employers have signed up to use the scheme.
These companies - from across the UK - range from multinational engineering
giants to micro businesses.
Construction minister and Construction Leadership Council
co-chair Nadhim Zahawi MP said: “Building new homes, accelerating
infrastructure, and making sure people have the right skills are all at the
heart of the government’s plans to build back better from covid-19. Launching
today, this scheme will help to retain vital knowledge within the construction
industry, enabling businesses to rapidly recruit talented individuals and
reduce skills shortages at this pivotal time in the nation’s economic
recovery.”
Welcoming the scheme, Caroline Gumble, Chartered Institute
of Building (CIOB) CEO, said: “The CIOB is delighted that BEIS is backing a
Talent Retention Scheme for our sector. We have been facing the prospect of a
skills shortage in the industry for some time. This has the potential to be
exacerbated by the impact from coronavirus with a possible loss of existing
skills and talent from the sector, which could be devastating. To see this
targeted support delivered for an industry which is an important driver of the
economy is excellent. I’m also heartened to see another example of the sector
successfully collaborating, right across the industry, to bring something like
this to life. Collaboration is also a key component in the drive to see the
sector move into recovery.”
