Employer Networks

Tim Balcon, CITB Chief Executive said:

“I’m really excited about Employer Networks – this is about putting employers in the driving seat to identify and address their skills challenges and how best CITB can align our funding and resources to support their skills needs. 

I would encourage employers in the Network areas to get involved and use their voice to shape training provision.” 

The Employer Network Pilot scheme supported over 1,000 employers to train their employees

England

• New - Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire 
• Birmingham, Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire
• Cumbria and Lancashire
• Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
• Devon and Cornwall
• Dorset, Avon and Somerset
• New - East and West Sussex 
• New - Essex
• Greater Manchester
• Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire
• New - Kent
• New - Hampshire and Isle of Wight 
• New - Leicestershire and Northants 
• New - Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 
• New - London Central and West
• New - London North and East
• New - London South
• Merseyside and Cheshire
• Midlands - Civil engineering only
• New - Norfolk and Suffolk
• North and East Yorkshire and Humberside
• Northeast and Teesside 
• New - Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, Milton Keynes 
• South and West Yorkshire
• New - Surrey 
• The Marches, Stoke and Staffordshire, Worcestershire.

Scotland

• Aberdeen city, Aberdeenshire, Dundee and Angus 
• New - Central Scotland
• Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire 
• Highlands, Islands and Argyll
• Inverness - plus civil engineering employers across Scotland 
• New - Lothian and Borders, Fife and Clacks

Wales

• North and Mid Wales
• New - South East Wales
• South West Wales 

Stacey Felmingham - Office Coordinator, Aspect Group Services Ltd said:

“Having the Employer Network has enabled us to offer a wider variety of training courses to our team both on site and in the office.  With the support from the Norfolk Construction Training Group we have been able to navigate the process effectively and efficiently."

"The simplicity and broad scope of the initiative has allowed us to offer training to more employees than we initially budgeted for over the year, which is fantastic news as a business and for the individual."

Kelsey Burnett - Training Coordinator, Luddon Construction Ltd, Scottish Civils said:

"We’ve already booked in a number of upskilling courses for our existing staff. The increased funding has helped our business financially, allowing us to organise even more training, with no additional admin or claim forms to be submitted in order to receive the funding."

"The reduced administration has allowed our staff to focus on other things and knowing the employer network had everything in place on our behalf was such a weight lifted from our shoulders, knowing the funding was in hand."

Andrea Gravell - Resource Director, Lloyd & Gravell Ltd, Llanelli said:

"We heard about the Cyfle Employer Network through Carmarthenshire Construction Training Association Ltd.  By tapping into the training organised by the local employer network contractors are able to benefit from training that would otherwise be difficult to source and more expensive, as training providers require a minimum number to run a training course." 

The additional funding made available through the network has enabled us to use our training budget to increase training opportunities across the company."