Tag Archives: Skills

More than one in three job vacancies in the UK construction industry exists because of skills shortages, according to research.

Civils firms that win major infrastructure contracts are to have apprenticeship targets written into their contracts, the government has announced.

Civils firms have slammed a report that called for a charge on the hiring of certain foreign workers as “self-defeating”.

Scores of jobs are at risk at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

The number of women starting civil engineering study at university rose by almost a tenth last year, official figures have shown.

Contractors are declining one in two bidding opportunities in the capital because of cost inflation and a shortage of skilled labour, according to research.

More consolidation; more confidence, and above all, more use of technology. That’s what’s needed says Peter Hansford as he leaves the role of government chief construction advisor.