Press releases

Builders in Wales call for the next Welsh Government to reform the planning system and help re-build a more prosperous economy.

Scottish Builders call for next Government to prioritise investment in vocational education to unlock new jobs in construction.

The next Mayor of London must help builders to train the next generation of tradespeople and to green our homes.

Signs of recovery within construction sector are welcome, but should be sustained with a commitment to a long-term National Retrofit Strategy.

Increased construction output in March is welcome but needs to be sustained with a long-term National Retrofit Strategy to green our homes if the Government is to hit its climate change targets.

The misguided scrapping of the Green Homes Grant scheme sends entirely the wrong message to consumers and builders.

The year-on-year decline in construction apprenticeships threatens the UK’s economic recovery from the pandemic.

The Government must accelerate its plans to green the nation’s homes or risk missing its net zero carbon emissions target.

Local builders must to be at the heart of meeting the skills and training needs set out in today’s CITB’s Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland report, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Scotland.

Local builders must to be at the heart of meeting the skills and training needs set out in today’s CITB’s Building Skills for Net Zero report. A National Retrofit Strategy would be best placed to deliver these needs.