CITB’s New Entrant Support Team helped 5,913 apprentices join the construction industry during the 2025-26 financial year, new figures show.
The total covers apprenticeship starts across England, Scotland and Wales and is a 43% rise on the previous financial year.
The Construction Industry Training Board said its NEST service also worked with 20,579 employers during the year...
The scaffolding and access industry is today marking the first International Scaffolding and Access Day.
The new annual event, launched by the International Access and Scaffolding Association (IASA), has been created to recognise the people, skills and standards behind work at height.
Taking place on 14 May each year, the day aims to raise awareness of the...
CITB’s New Entrant Support Team helped 5,913 apprentices join the construction industry during the 2025-26 financial year, new figures show.
The total covers apprenticeship starts...
Baton has opened applications for its Early Adopter Programme, giving scaffolding contractors early access to a software platform designed specifically for construction subcontractors.
The company said the system had been built to help scaffold firms gain better control over operations, compliance and commercial performance by bringing key workflows into one connected platform.
Baton describes the system as...
PHD Access is playing a central role in the latest phase of the HMS Victory conservation programme at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, delivering the specialist temporary...
In the heart of Manchester’s financial district, a major high-rise development is setting new benchmarks for construction scaffolding in the UK. For this complex inner-city...
When Aaron King talks about turning points, he does not hesitate.
"It was when my kids had to come and see me in prison," he says. "Watching them upset, then going back to my cell, not able to do anything about it."
When he walked out, he left with little more than the clothes he was wearing....