A UK-based training and apprenticeship provider has issued an urgent call to employers in the construction and civil engineering sectors as the government prepares to make changes to skills funding.

New research shows that changes to funding for Level 7 apprenticeships could cost UK employers around £214m in additional training costs.

Construction skills body aims to support more than 15,000 new entrants into employment

A new report warns that the government’s policy plans will have a financial impact on construction employers

Higher and degree apprenticeships hold the key to the government’s plan for economic growth and tackling construction skills gaps, according to 88% of the UK’s top universities

Call for government to urgently address the skills gap impacting the construction industry

As campaigning for the general election gathers pace, the apprenticeship levy is one issue under the spotlight for the main political parties

Skilled professionals in the construction industry could be a “major casualty” of radical apprenticeship levy reform