This week (2 – 6 March 2026) marks Scottish Apprenticeship Week, and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) celebrated by welcoming Ben Macpherson MSP, Minister for Higher and Further Education, to its National Construction College (NCC) in Inchinnan, Renfrew.
The Government has announced that it will launch a consultation on the principle of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) forming a single body.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is shining the spotlight on women in construction from young apprentices just starting out - to those shaping the sector at the very top -to mark this year’s UK Women in Construction Week (2-8th March).
A collective of Scotland’s leading construction bodies have presented its skills manifesto at the Scottish Parliament, warning that that national housing and net zero targets are at risk without a radical shift in workforce planning.
A new workforce model and report from Age Irrelevance and ProAge argues that older construction workers should take on more mentoring and educational roles to prevent a mass exodus from the workforce through retirement.
CICES and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have created a new professional designation for civil engineering surveyors, applicable worldwide.
To meet the scale and ambition of the government’s targets, we need people who are equipped with the right skills, supported by data and technology and driven by a shared sense of purpose, writes Andrew Reynolds, chief executive of RLB UK & Europe.
Global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services, SOCOTEC UK & Ireland, has announced it has invested approximately £2m in apprenticeships over the past five years – helping over 450 employees on programmes in the process.
