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Following last year’s Consultation and with Consensus due to start in March, we spoke to some CITB Board members and Levy Strategy Committee members to hear their views on the 2026 – 2029 Levy Proposals.

This National Apprenticeship Week (10 – 16 February 2025), the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) reveals it has supported over 24,000 learners and nearly 9,000 employers with apprenticeship grants between April to December 2024.

Registrations are now open for the UK’s largest and longest-running multi-trade skills competition, delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). SkillBuild brings together the UK’s top construction trainee talent, skilled learners and apprentices to battle it out to be crowned winners of their chosen trade.

Following on from an engaging CITB Skills & Training Conference in Cardiff, we head to London to meet even more employers, training providers and industry stakeholders. The one-day event on February 6 will see employers benefiting from one-to-one support on accessing CITB funding and services, including the Employer Network initiative. Training providers, meanwhile, will have the opportunity to hear about the industry’s major opportunities and meet construction companies and industry trade federations.

The Department for Education today published the Government’s response to the ITB Review, which was conducted by Mark Farmer in 2023 and finalised last year. The report stresses the vital need for the work of the Industrial Training Boards (ITBs) within the construction and engineering construction industries and concludes that the ITB levy-grant model should be retained. Indeed, it states that the role of the ITBs should be strengthened and calls on them to do more.

In a significant step forward for workforce development in the East of England, Sizewell C has launched a new Skills Charter to help ensure the project delivers a truly skilled and inclusive workforce on the Suffolk coast.

CITB continues to standardise plant training across the construction industry, with phase two of its new standards due to be launched in June 2025.

People interested in pursuing a career in construction are now able to register to attend Open Doors 2025, which returns 17-22 March. The event is being delivered by Build UK in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and CSCS, supported by media, community and industry partners, who are encouraging people to book a place and attend.

CITB’s Skills & Training Conferences in Cardiff and London are fast approaching – and are not to be missed!

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced today new dates for its Consensus process: the procedure will now start on 17 March 2025 and continue until 9 May.