Skill, Baby, Skill: Solving the UK’s Construction Workforce Crisis

About this episode

This episode discusses the skills shortage in the UK construction sector and explores solutions to rebuild the workforce.

Britain’s ambition to build 1.5 million new homes is under serious threat from a growing skills shortage. In this episode of Around the Table, host Rachel Colgan, of Building Relations PR is joined by William Walsh of Barratt David Wilson Kent and Roger Morton from NHBC to explore how the sector can rebuild its workforce. Together, they discuss apprenticeships, training hubs, new career pathways, digital skills and the policy interventions needed to attract, train and retain the next generati...

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Colgan

Guests: William Walsh, Roger Morton

Topics covered

• construction workforce
• skills shortage
• apprenticeships
• training
• career pathways
• digital skills
• policy interventions

Keywords

• construction
• skills shortage
• apprenticeships
• training hubs
• career pathways
• digital skills
• policy interventions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barratt David Wilson Kent, NHBC

Places: Britain

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