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Modern slavery initiative to highlight survivor experiences

Action Sustainability is partnering with ethical consultancy Align to help tackle modern slavery, trafficking, and exploitation across the built environment sector.

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Masonry matters: a mission to boost skills

A new association promises to solve the masonry sector’s recruitment and training challenges with an approach that targets micro companies.

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Government cuts higher level apprenticeship funding

The UK government has announced plans to “refocus” funding away from Level 7 (masters level) apprenticeships from January 2026.

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Construction employers claim nearly £130m in CITB grants

CITB has released the year-end figures for its Grants Scheme, which provides support for construction employers and learners.

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CITB praises Employer Networks initiative as ‘hugely successful’

The Construction Industry Training Board has quadrupled the number of learners supported through its Employer Networks initiative, according to its year-end figures.

Skills initiative steers prison leavers into construction jobs

A new social value project is providing construction skills-based training to prisoners ahead of their release

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Job spotlight: construction graduate trainee, Bellway

Daniella Benjamin is forging a career in construction as part of Bellway’s graduate programme. After taking a year out of her architecture degree course to have her son, the young mum is no stranger to balancing the demands of work and home life

HS2 contractor welcomes 500th apprentice

Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, is celebrating an apprenticeship milestone

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CITB outlines priorities for the year ahead

The Construction Industry Training Board has published its Business Plan for 2025-26

Mott MacDonald relaunches return-to-work programme

The 2025 returners programme aims to support STEM professionals back to work after a career break

T Levels: DfE urged to boost student numbers and industry placements

Despite some progress, more work needs to be done to scale up T Levels, according to a new report

Retain and retrain workers amid rising construction costs, report warns

Turner & Townsend has published its latest market intelligence research which sets out the skills and costs pressures facing the industry

Government announces £600m investment in construction skills

New reforms aim to help address skills shortages and attract a generation of new talent to construction

Retrofit report sets out route to close skills gap

Key recommendations include expanding training provision and integrating retrofit skills into all construction courses

Timber construction: making good with wood

A new degree programme aims to transform learners’ understanding of sustainable construction

This much I know: ‘To be a leader, you must be bold’

Paul Devlin, CEO of Causeway Technologies, discusses the qualities every good leader needs – and how construction can inspire future generations

Retrofit skills crisis: alternative training methods could be the answer

Bootcamps offer a flexible and effective solution to help tackle skills gaps across the retrofit sector

CIC publishes framework for sustainability competence

New code of practice outlines a range of measures to support a sustainable built environment, including through training and literacy

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