News & Events

UK Government’s biggest cladding funding scheme announced
One of the UK’s leading construction skills training companies, The Skills Centre, which is currently running specialist cladding skills bootcamps in London, welcomes the announcement that the UK government will be providing more funding for cladding removal.

The Skills Centre partners with the Greater London Authority to provide Green Skills Bootcamps
New bootcamp for much-needed rainscreen cladding skills kicks off in July

HS2 launches new construction apprenticeships
Jobseekers and career changers who want to work in construction are encouraged to register for a new two-week pre-employment programme that could lead to an apprenticeship with HS2’s construction partner, Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall (EKFB).

New partnership will offer newly trained workers immediate access to local job opportunities
The Skills Centre has partnered with JobMatcha app to allow local employers immediate access to pre-qualified local workforce to meet current and future skills shortages

The Skills Centre acquires Sorted Training to boost its commercial training services
The acquisition will result in even more commercial opportunities for the construction training provider

The Skills Centre partners with RIFT Social Enterprise to support people with convictions into construction jobs
The pilot will deliver pre-employment construction training both in prison and in the community with the Probation Service

Celebrating the Women into Finishing & Interiors – Build Back Employment Programme
With the Finishing and Interiors sector suffering a huge skills shortage and an urgent need for more Dry Liners across the UK, WiC were delighted to recently partner with Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS), and The Skills Centre on the Women into Finishing & Interiors – Build Back Employment Programme. Supporting us on the six-week programme were employers Bouygues, Celtic Contractors, Decorella, George Jackson, Measom and Tapper Interiors. The programme was free to participants and employers thanks to funding from CITB, The Skills Centre and Paddington Development Trust EQUIP European Social Fund.

HS2 launches fast-track employment scheme for unemployed Bucks and Northants residents
HS2’s construction partner, Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall (EKFB), is launching an employment scheme with The Skills Centre to help local people who are out of work develop new skills and progress into paid employment.