West Midlands mayor Richard Parker has announced a £75 million construction skills package to train more than 12,000 people over the next three years.

New plan to address youth unemployment in the West Midlands comes amid predictions that 35,600 additional construction workers will be needed in the region by 2028

CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble lent her support to the levelling up of the Midlands on a recent visit.

Visitor registration for UK Construction Week Birmingham (UKCW Birmingham) is now live. The three-day show returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 4 to 6 October 2022.