The trainee surveyor at Higgins Partnership is CIOB’s July apprentice of the month.

CCG (Scotland), a CIOB training partner, has welcomed 10 new trade apprentices, reaffirming its dedication to the next generation of skilled professionals in the Scottish construction sector.

Morgan Sindall in Norwich recently put its work experience programme in the hands of its apprentices.

Although construction has broadly welcomed Labour’s measures and bills announced at the King’s Speech, some in the industry have raised concerns about how the new government will bridge the skills gap to achieve the 1.5m new homebuilding target.