{"id":156774,"date":"2025-11-05T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=156774"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:31:15","slug":"leeds-college-of-building-expansion-acquired-new-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/leeds-college-of-building-expansion-acquired-new-training\/156774\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds College of Building expansion acquired for new training"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Leeds College of Building<\/a> has acquired a large building next to its North Street Campus, to expand facilities and training opportunities<\/h2>\n

The Leeds College of Building expansion consists of a former Vodafone building, 5,000 sq m in size.<\/p>\n

This will essentially add another third to the size of the campus, and the project is seeking funding and planning to best utilise the added space.<\/p>\n

\u201cA significant step towards our ambition for growth\u201d<\/h3>\n

Leeds Building College is one of UK\u2019s few Technical Excellence Colleges for construction, and currently the only further education college dedicated to the construction industry.<\/p>\n

The expansion is expected to help further this role, and train more students in construction skills, closing the skills gap further.<\/p>\n

CEO and principal, Nikki Davis, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to announce the purchase of our neighbouring site. This exciting acquisition will enable us to train even more construction professionals and safeguard a talent pipeline in areas such as groundwork for future construction projects across the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis expansion is a significant step towards our ambition for growth as one of the nation\u2019s only Construction Technical Excellence Colleges – strengthening a vital workforce that will keep the construction industry, and our economy, moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the government\u2019s Skills White Paper targeting 60,000 new skilled jobs by the end of this Parliament, we\u2019re optimistic that this project will secure vital investment and support from government and regional partners such as the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tracy Brabin, mayor of West Yorkshire, said: \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see Leeds College of Building going from strength to strength, first being recognised as the Technical Excellence College for Construction for all of Yorkshire and the Humber and now expanding into these exciting new premises.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy training the skilled workers we need for transformational projects like constructing tramlines, building new homes and retrofitting existing ones, Leeds College of Building puts our region at the epicentre of the nation\u2019s rebuilding effort, creating good jobs and putting more money in people\u2019s pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UK will have more technical excellence colleges<\/h3>\n

In August, the government announced plans for 10 Technical Excellence Colleges<\/a> across the England, of which the Leeds College of Building is one.<\/p>\n

The other nine colleges are as follows:<\/p>\n