People Balfour and Flannery’s skills hub reaches major milestone The Operator Skills Hub has trained 1,000 students, providing a route into careers in plant operations
People SkillBuild 2024 winners revealed Annual event celebrates skilled construction trainees across various trades, including bricklaying and stonemasonry
People Construction skills hubs to train 5,000 more apprentices New fast-track apprenticeships have been launched to help address the skills gap across the UK’s homebuilding sector
People Increase in NEETs is ‘a huge opportunity’ for construction The number of NEET young people in the UK could be key to tackling construction’s skills crisis, according to the CITB
People Construction must ‘come together’ to nurture sustainability skills Seddon’s Jake Dowling speaks to CIOB People about his role as head of decarbonisation and his commitment to driving sustainability in construction
People Construction leaders must reconsider young Londoners The untapped potential of young Londoners could help to alleviate construction’s skills challenge
People Nearly 70% of UK adults avoid construction careers Call for industry leaders to help change the perception of jobs in construction
People Training tomorrow’s construction leaders today Leadership and management training for construction professionals is more than just a ‘nice to have’
People Retrofit skills programme marks major milestone The Supply Chain Sustainability School is celebrating the first anniversary of its retrofit programme, launched to help combat climate change by upskilling the built environment sector. To date, the programme…
People Costain expands early careers programme Infrastructure firm reveals plans to recruit more than 180 candidates for early careers roles
People Retaining older workers in construction An ageing population means that employers must ensure they incentivise older workers to remain in the workforce
People Willmott Dixon launches search for future leaders Latest cohort will join the company’s existing 85 trainees in a variety of roles, from construction management to health and safety
People Persimmon welcomes construction students for site visit Homebuilder is working with local colleges to attract future construction professionals to the industry
People Morgan Sindall pilots DIY skills scheme for women Lancashire-based pilot programme has helped to empower local women
People Innovate UK launches AI training programme for construction leaders New training programme aims to prepare the construction industry for “a new era of innovation”
People Green jobs are changing the construction career path Construction needs a “green career transformation” to upskill the current workforce and attract the next generation
People CSCS labourer card changes announced Labourer card changes are designed to “better align with the competency expectations” of the Building Safety Act
People Skills report proposes workforce development reforms Built environment sector calls for “interdisciplinary collaboration” to address workforce development challenges
Construction clients are not happy about contractor workmanship. Find out more in the 2026 Construction Management and CIOB client survey.