New CITB Business Plan Invests £250m in Construction Skills and Training
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has unveiled its Business Plan for 2023-24, announcing an investment of over £250 million to support the construction...
CITB to invest over £233m in British construction
With a strong focus on three core challenges for construction, CITB has published its Business Plan today (18 May), announcing it will be investing...
Swansea Arena site to inspire city’s next generation
Swansea Arena hosted careers advisers from schools on Thursday (16 September) to show off the hundreds of different roles involved in construction.
Careers advisers from schools in the Swansea...
CITB secures construction industry support for Levy Proposals
Construction employers have backed CITB’s Levy Proposals to support skills and training across England, Scotland and Wales, by way of the Consensus process.
The provisional...
CITB is set to protect and increase training capacity for scaffolding
CITB has announced that scaffolding training will continue at its facility in Erith, Kent while also increasing capacity at Bircham Newton in Norfolk.
Speaking to...
New scaffold training centre celebrates successful first course
A brand new scaffold training centre in North Wales has successfully trained its first cohort of scaffolders.
The Busnes@LlandrilloMenai’s Centre for Infrastructure, Skills and Technology...
100 Trainees benefit from new Swansea scaffolding centre
More than 100 learners have passed through the CITB's new Welsh scaffolding centre in its first three months.
The £1.5 million scaffolding centre, at the...
Quarter-million workers receive CITB training as pandemic loomed
CITB supported the training of nearly a quarter of a million construction workers in the last financial year, according to newly published accounts.
The annual...
New scaffolding training facility provides boost for North Wales
Ambitious plans for the construction industry in North Wales have taken a step forward with the opening of an accredited training facility for scaffolders.
The...
CITB agrees sale of National Construction College Midlands
The CITB has agreed to sell its Midlands National Construction College (NCC) to Walsall College on 30 November.
The sale includes the land, buildings and...