Industry News
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. Sparkies harder to find than love. Trade skills centre the first of its kind. |
| Centre offers 'realistic' trade skills. HVP |
| September |
Why firms won't fund four-year apprenticeships. It's a wrench to have to part with £130 an hour. |
| 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 |
