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If construction is a career path that’s always appealed to you, but you’ve never quite made the leap, there are attractive opportunities for career changers to join the industry.

The UK continues to struggle with a severe shortage of skilled workers in the construction sector. We look at the latest report from City & Guilds and data from the Construction Industry Training Board.

Find out more about the current size of the construction skills gap, what is causing it, and what can be done to begin solving it.

Learn more about how the impacts of the cost of living crisis have caused delays to potentially crucial home maintenance jobs.

Find out more about the current high demand for bricklayers in the UK, and the construction activity that is driving these opportunities.

Discover the latest construction industry news, including Labour’s new social housing project and increases in predicted construction output.

Learn more about the current demand for electricians in the UK, and how the construction industry might be able to combat these skills shortages.

Find out more about the latest statistics relating to tool theft in the construction industry, and growing calls for the government to take action.

Find out more about the government’s commitment to investing £600m in an effort to tackle construction skills shortages.

Find out more about the UK government’s new Timber in Construction Roadmap and what it might mean for the industry going forward.

With nearly half of construction apprenticeships being left before completion, find out how the private training sector can help fill gaps in the workforce.

From skills shortages to the government’s timber plans, find out the latest construction industry news for March.