{"id":517532,"date":"2025-05-02T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=517532"},"modified":"2025-05-02T08:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:57:46","slug":"data-dig-female-apprentices-falling-workloads-and-local-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/sections\/long-reads\/features\/data-dig-female-apprentices-falling-workloads-and-local-heroes-02-05-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Data dig: female apprentices, falling workloads and local heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0FEMALE APPRENTICES<\/h3>\n

The increase in the number of women completing construction apprenticeships since 2018 has increased by 67 per cent, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), with a 2023\/24 total of 2,420.<\/p>\n

Lucie Wright, head of careers strategy at the CITB, said: \u201cWe need more women in construction. It\u2019s incredibly heartening to see the number of women starting construction apprenticeships increasing \u2013 long may this continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BEST LAID PLANS<\/h3>\n

The annual number of homes given planning approval has fallen by a quarter since 2021, according to the Home Builders Federation.<\/p>\n

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WORKLOADS FALL<\/h3>\n

Members of the Federation of Master Builders reported shrinking workloads in the last quarter (Q4) of 2024, compared with Q3.<\/p>\n

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HIGHER PRICES<\/h3>\n

AtkinsR\u00e9alis has bumped up its tender price growth forecast for 2025 by half a percentage point, to 3.5 per cent.<\/p>\n

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1%<\/h3>\n

The percentage of new housing in the UK now being built to Passivhaus standards, according to the Passivhaus Trust.<\/p>\n

8 in 10<\/h3>\n

The proportion of costruction SMEs that anticipate a skills gap within their business, the Department for Education has found.<\/p>\n

833,188<\/h3>\n

The number of family-owned construction companies in the UK, according to the Family Business Research Foundation<\/p>\n

49<\/h3>\n

The number of Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations (out of 58) the government has accepted in full.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

LOCAL HEROES<\/h3>\n

Local authorities applied to build nearly 3,200 new homes in 2024, with Birmingham in the lead, according to data from Glenigan.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0FEMALE APPRENTICES The increase in the number of women completing construction apprenticeships since 2018 has increased by 67 per cent, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), with a 2023\/24 total of 2,420. Lucie Wright, head of careers strategy at the CITB, said: \u201cWe need more women in construction. It\u2019s incredibly heartening to see …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84999,"featured_media":484445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[79553,559],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n