{"id":11022,"date":"2013-12-06T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T11:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/12\/06\/construction-jobs-and-skills-scheme-launched\/"},"modified":"2016-01-11T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T14:52:47","slug":"construction-jobs-and-skills-scheme-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/06\/construction-jobs-and-skills-scheme-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Jobs and Skills Scheme Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Building Jobs in Greater Birmingham has been launched by Birmingham City Council<\/h3>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{\"Helvetica Neue\";\n\tpanose-1:2 0 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 4;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n]]><\/style>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"3\" height=\"225\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Construction-Jobs-and-Skills-Scheme-Launched-460x225.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Building Jobs in Greater Birmingham has been launched by Birmingham City Council in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe \u00a31 million strategy includes a range of initiatives aimed at supporting growth within the construction sector and improving skills and employment opportunities. This will be supported through joint funding between Birmingham City Council and the CITB Joint Investment Programme.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nOne of the schemes is the Building Birmingham Scholarship which will provide access to education, employment and training, including financial support, for young people aged between 16 and 24.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nCouncillor Tahir Ali, cabinet member for development, jobs and skills, who launched the scheme this week said: \u201cWe are looking to invest up to \u00a31m to support growth in the construction sector by helping improve skills and employment. I\u2019m particularly pleased to announce the Building Birmingham Scholarship which will target talented young people living in parts of the city where there are high levels of unemployment, who want to work in the construction and built environment industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFive young people who will be supported through the scholarship programme took part in the launch, along with representatives from the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nJudy Lowe, Deputy Chairman of CITB also launched the Joint Investment Strategy, which will see every pound invested by employers matched by the public sector. He said: \u201cWith the construction industry facing a skills gap, it\u2019s vital that initiatives like these are available, so that people around the country have the skills to benefit from construction. CITB plays a pivotal role in providing the skills and training needed by industry \u2013 in 2012 that took the form of over \u00a3165 million in skills support across the UK.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Jobs in Greater Birmingham has been launched by Birmingham City Council &#13; Building Jobs in Greater Birmingham has been launched by Birmingham City Council in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). &#13; The \u00a31 million strategy includes a range of initiatives aimed at supporting growth within the construction sector and improving skills [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}