Suffolk Chamber of Commerce partners with Women in Construction Anglia to help bridge industry-education gap

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce partners with Women in Construction Anglia to help bridge industry-education gap

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce is joining forces with Women in Construction Anglia to help bridge the gap between the industry and education, and encourage more women into construction roles.The new partnership comes as the government commits £600 million to address the construction sector’s skills shortage, with the aim of ensuring Suffolk leads the way on collaboration and tackling the skills gap within the industry.At its core, the partnership l…

WNY Chamber reacts to construction skills funding - West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce

West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce today welcomes the commitment by the Department for Education to invest £600m into construction skills. The money will be invested into skills training for the construction industry and the government hopes the new cash will train up to 60,000 additional engineers, bricklayers, electricians and carpenters by 2029. The move comes after the Chamber publicly called upon Education Secretary Bridget Philipso…