Training boost for UK Construction Week
2nd June 2015

UK Construction week has announced a series of training-orientated events, reflecting the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament last week, which included building 200,000 starter homes over the next five years, as well as creating three million new apprenticeships.

Recognising the growing significance of this issue over the coming years, UK Construction Week has placed a strong focus on training and development at the exhibition, with several skills-based sessions on the main seminar stage.  In addition, the Homebuilding and Site Zones at the Build Show, one of the nine events to make up UK Construction Week, will look at the relationship between apprenticeships and house building in more depth.

Nathan Garnett, Show Director, said: “Apprenticeships will be absolutely critical to achieving the government’s ambitious starter home targets over the next few years – but this is not just an issue for the house building industry. 

Finding skilled labour is a struggle faced by the whole construction industry right now, but many people are unsure how to go about dealing with the issue.  We hope that by providing a platform in which to debate the problem, share solutions and identify best practice, will go a long way to helping visitors and exhibitors start to overcome this challenge.”

UK Construction Week, NEC, Birmingham, from 6 – 11 October.
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