Construction output across the North East rises, thousands of new jobs predicted for the area

Up to 3,300 new jobs could be created in the construction industry across the North East after output has risen for a second consecutive year, a recent report released by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has been able to reveal.

The annual Construction Skills Network report shows that the 16 per cent rise means the sector was, up until 2015, worth £4.6bn to the region. The predicted jobs rise would take the region’s total number of construction jobs to 98,130.

CITB is now calling on more construction firms across the North East to take on apprentices in order to match this growth.

Steve Housden, CITB sector strategy manager for the North East, said: "We can’t build the Britain we want without apprenticeships and the careers they lead to. That’s why we want these new statistics, showing solid, sustained growth, to inspire more people across North East to start apprenticeships and more construction firms to take them on.

"We also want to attract workers who have left the industry to return, and upskill those in it, so we can deliver major projects and new housing faster and better."

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