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CITB team supports over 5,900 apprenticeships starts in the 2025-26 financial year

|Date: 20 May 2026

CITB team supports over 5,900 apprenticeships starts in the 2025-26 financial year

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released updated figures for its New Entrant Support ...

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released updated figures for its New Entrant Support Team (NEST), showing that between the 2025-26 financial year (FY), NEST supported 5,913 apprent ...

20 May 2026
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Worcestershire students experience rare look behind the scenes of a live construction site

|Date: 12 Mar 2026

Worcestershire students experience rare look behind the scenes of a live construction site

Fourteen students from a college near Worcester have been given an exclusive tour of a live homebuilding ...

Fourteen students from a college near Worcester have been given an exclusive tour of a live homebuilding site, experiencing first-hand the skills and careers that go into creating a brand-new communit ...

12 Mar 2026
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CITB’s NEST helps over 1,500 apprentices in six months

|Date: 27 Nov 2025

CITB’s NEST helps over 1,500 apprentices in six months

The number of apprenticeship starts supported has increased by 61% compared to previous period The Constr ...

The number of apprenticeship starts supported has increased by 61% compared to previous period The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today released its mid-year figures for its New Entra ...

27 Nov 2025
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NFB is training 60,000 construction apprentices

|Date: 28 May 2025

NFB is training 60,000 construction apprentices

National Federation of Builders (NFB) reacts to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ £600 million investment to trai ...

National Federation of Builders (NFB) reacts to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ £600 million investment to train 60,000 construction apprentices. Richard Beresford, Chief Executive of the NFB, said: “The Ch ...

28 May 2025
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Women starting construction apprenticeships increases by 2/3

|Date: 22 Apr 2025

Women starting construction apprenticeships increases by 2/3

Women starting construction apprenticeships increases by two-thirds since 2018 This data comes from the C ...

Women starting construction apprenticeships increases by two-thirds since 2018 This data comes from the Construction Industry Training Board, which is urging more women to consider a career in constru ...

22 Apr 2025
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JCB celebrates 60 years of apprenticeships with special reunion

|Date: 30 Sep 2024

JCB celebrates 60 years of apprenticeships with special reunion

Four former employees were treated to a VIP visit to JCB to mark the 60th anniversary of their recruitmen ...

Four former employees were treated to a VIP visit to JCB to mark the 60th anniversary of their recruitment as the company’s first ever apprentices. A total of nine 15-year-old boys started as Craft Ap ...

30 Sep 2024
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Erin’s the best of Beal

|Date: 29 Feb 2024

Erin’s the best of Beal

Beal Homes apprentice joiner Erin Symons, 17, has won Construction Centre Apprentice of the Year in award ...

Beal Homes apprentice joiner Erin Symons, 17, has won Construction Centre Apprentice of the Year in awards run by her regional training provider Hull Training and Adult Education. Erin Symons joined B ...

29 Feb 2024
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