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Below are articles from the media related to the construction industry, changing career, jobs, training and New Career Skills.

2010

June
Shortage of skilled workers a 'ticking time bomb'
Mail Online
 
March
Colleges cut plumbing and electrical courses to save cash
The Telegraph
 
Renewables Skills Shortage
The Times
 
February
David Cameron Visits NCS Southampton
Hampshire Chronicle
Hampshire Chronicle 2
 
New Career Skills offers rescue package for stranded students
Hampshire Chronicle
FE Community
 

2009

November
£400 off a new boiler under new scrappage scheme
Telegraph.co.uk
 
£180 tax saving for DIY power stations
Telegraph.co.uk
 
November
Pale or dark, it’s a green jobs bonanza
The Times Online
 
October
Self Funded New Skills
Recruitment International
 
July
400,000 new 'green-collar' jobs
Times Online
 
Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'
BBC Online
 
June
'I wanted a change of career'
At Home Magazine
 
Tapping Into The Skills Gap
The Daily Mail
 
May
Operation: Civvi Street
Southern Echo
 
New course set to open the door to green career
Hampshire Chronicle
 
April
Going Green
Southern Daily Echo
 
February
Barmaid to Electrician
Rye & Battle Observer
 
January
Battle business expanding
Rye & Battle Observer
 
Positive move gives Natasha new beginning
Cambridge News
Cambridge Style
 
Switching to plumbing was not a big wrench
Kentish Gazette
 
Admin Assistant to Plumber
Careershifters.org
 

2008

December
Charmaine is getting stuck into a new job
Southend And Basildon Echo
 
August
Plumbers Go To Aid Of Charity
Southern Daily Echo
 
July
Job shock sparked a switch
DailyMirror
 
April
Four in ten staff 'may quit job'
BBC.co.uk
 
Trainee sparks happy to put in charity stint
Rye & Battle Observer
 
 

2007

March
Tapping into your talents
Dail Mail
 
January
University: Who needs it?
TimesOnline.co.uk
 
Job applications 'full of errors'
BBC.co.uk
 
 

2006

 
December
Work experience 'boosts earnings'
BBC.co.uk
 
Site Visits — The Skills Shortage
National Construction Week
 
Skills Shortage in construction and metal trade occupations
Statistics.gov.uk
 
Australia facing construction skills shortage
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
 
Concerns over construction industry skills shortage highlighted
The Training Foundation
 
Adults abandon further education
BBC.co.uk
 
CIOB Reveals Results From Skills Shortage Research
Chartered Institute of Building
 
Housing association addresses trade skills shortage
Estates Review
 
Skills training 'needs shake-up'
BBC.co.uk
 
November
New laws needed on training.
RecruiterMagazine.co.uk
 
MEPs vote to open services market.
BBC.co.uk
 
Dearth of BME staff in repairs sector.
InsideHousing.co.uk
 
October
Botched jobs 'pose risk to homes'
BBC.co.uk
 
August
Gender stereotypes 'threaten economy'
MenJobSearch
 
Move over lads.
First Womens Magazine
 
July
'U-turn' claim over house packs.
BBC.co.uk
 
Immigration - how New Labour got the numbers completely wrong.
Telegraph.co.uk
 
 
June
Age is no barrier to a new career.
The Mail On Sunday
 
Sue headhunted for new role
Hampshire Chronicle
 
May
Third of adults not learning.
BBC.co.uk
 
UK consumers face three-day wait.
BBC.co.uk
 
February
Helping you change careers.
East Sussex Echo
 
January
Largest private trade skills training centre opens in Southampton.
Builder and Developer Magazine
 
Get ahead... Become a hairdresser.
Metro
 
Women Plumbers.
Eve Magazine
 
 

2005

 
December
Training skills centre in southampton.
Bathroon and Bedroom Fitter
 
Largest Skills Centre Opens.
Business Magazine
 
Largest private trade skills training centre opens in southampton.
Builder And Developer
 
November
Training Centre Nears Completion.
This Is Hampshire
 
New training centre addresses skills shortages
Modern Building Services Journal
 
October

Plumbers snub jobs as lecturers...because of the £70,000 pay cut.
The Mail On Sunday

Sparkies harder to find than love.
Build It Magazine

Trade skills centre the first of its kind.
Hampshire Chronicle

 
Centre offers 'realistic' trade skills.
HVP
 
September

Why firms won't fund four-year apprenticeships.
The Times

It's a wrench to have to part with £130 an hour.
The Times

 
August
Getting apprencices to stay the course.
The Times
 
April
Why Cowboy Builders are a Dying Breed.
Metro
 
Plumb Jobs in the Pipeline.
Southern Echo
 
March
Trainer is aiming to plug the plumbing brain drain.
Romsey Advertiser
 
Now plumbers are just like gold dust.
Gloucestershire Echo
 
Flexible learning aims to attract more plumbers.
Romsey Advertiser
 
Easy learning plumbing for career changers.
Heating & Ventilating Review (Plumbing & Heating Engineer)
 
Skilling time.
Professional Heating & Plumbing Installer Magazine
 
February
New Career Skills Opening the path for mature career changers.
Onrec.com