Patricia Gibson MP and Kenny Gibson MSP meet Kier Group apprentices Patricia Gibson, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, and Kenny Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, visited the site of Garnock Community Campus last week as part of a week-long campaign to get more people into the construction industry.
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The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh will open its dorrs as part of the event The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Build UK have joined forces for a week of exclusive, behind-the-scenes events at some of the best building sites in Scotland.
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the timeline for consulting with construction employers on how its levy could work alongside the UK government’s Apprenticeship Levy. The Consensus process, a full consultation with the construction industry on the CITB Levy, will take
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and ASET International Oil & Gas Training Academy (ASET) have signed a deal to build the first scaffolding training centre in the North East of Scotland. The state-of-the-art facility, based in Aberdeen, will train and upskill the Scottish work for
A survey has revealed very real concerns about the prevalence of mental health problems amongst construction workers, while another has urged the industry to increase its performance in managing workplace related stress. The results of a survey of its members by UCATT, which was published at the uni
A judicial review into CITB’s construction industry training levy has been dismissed at the Royal Courts of Justice. The legal action was taken against the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), with CITB named as an interested party, by payroll company Hudsons Contract Services Ltd.
Construction apprenticeships across Great Britain are up 12 per cent in the past year, reaching levels not seen since before the 2008 financial crisis. New statistics released by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), for National Apprenticeship Week (14-18 March), reveal that 22,496 young
Steve Radley Steve Radley, CITB director of policy, discusses the organisation's business plan for the next three years.
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has unveiled plans to cut 30 per cent of staff by the end of 2018. Confirmation of the job cuts, which will see its staff numbers drop to 950 from the current level of around 1,400, follows CITB’s board signing off the organisations business plan, wh
Growth in Scotland’s construction industry over the next five years will largely be driven by housebuilding as many of the national large-scale infrastructure come to an end, though more than 21,000 new workers will be needed to replace those leaving the workforce, according to new research. Today
The application process for the next round of CITB’s Flexible and Structured Funds is now open, with the last date for submissions on February 16. There are six funding options to choose from, depending on the organisation type and project, with different amounts of money offered under each option
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced plans to shed 46 jobs in a restructuring of its middle management. In a statement today CITB said it is reforming significantly as not enough employers currently benefit from funding and support and many find the organisation too slow and
Dan McLauley An apprentice stonemason from Edinburgh College has been named one of the country’s most talented apprentices at SkillBuild, a national construction competition organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).
Steve Radley Construction firms remain highly optimistic about their business outlook, despite a slight dip in growth momentum last month, the results of a survey of purchasing managers have revealed.
Wages in the construction industry have risen at a faster rate than any other sector over the past 12 months, according to fresh analysis of the latest data. In the last year, average pay in the building trade shot up by 5.1 per cent, the examination of labour market statistics compiled by the Offic