Category: apprenticehips
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Housing association expands apprenticeship scheme for skilled trades
L&Q has launched its 2025 apprenticeship programme, offering placements for 20 aspiring tradespeople – with more positions expected to open later this year. The housing association is investing in future talent by expanding its apprenticeship and graduate programme across the organisation. This year, the intake will double in size, with 20 new roles in plumbing,…
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Safeguarding must-haves for employing apprentices
Gemma, one of the instructors at the ITP, who teaches Billy and other 16 to 17-year-old apprentices once a week, and is unsupervised while doing so, is in regulated activity with children and can undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the child workforce, including a review of the children’s barred list. View the…
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Construction risks losing aspiring apprentices, Seddon warns
Contractor Seddon has revealed that 2,694 people applied for just 20 apprenticeship roles in its latest hiring round, highlighting the lack of placements for people keen to start careers in construction. The figures from Seddon mirror national concerns cited in the CITB Construction Apprenticeships report. According to the report, the UK needs 50,000 additional construction…
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Construction employers claim nearly £130m in CITB grants
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released the year-end figures for its Grants Scheme, which provides support for construction employers and learners. During the 2024-25 financial year, CITB allocated nearly £130 million in grant support. Of this funding, £71.4 million was provided through various apprenticeship grants, supporting more than 30,000 learners and 10,000 employers,…
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HS2 apprentices awarded four-year job contract
Two standout HS2 apprentices have received a four-year extension to their employment contracts with Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra (BBVS). Tyler Pearce-Scott and Charlotte Thomas, both from Ealing in London, successfully completed their two-year apprenticeships working on the Old Oak Common Station scheme. Thomas joined BBVS to study a Level 4 civil engineering apprenticeship and, since…
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Apprentice of the month: ‘At my girls-only school, construction was never offered’
Ava Parnell, assistant estimator at McCarthy Stone, is CIOB’s January apprentice of the month. What was your biggest challenge during your apprenticeship? Going straight from sixth form to a setting that’s highly professional was really quite daunting, especially as a woman. But, after a few weeks, days even, I realised that being thrown in at…