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Hull’s Construction Works apprenticeship programme is a shining example of how apprenticeships can transform the workforce and economy of a region.

Lottery money provides bursaries for training in traditional construction skills.

Two newspapers launch a campaign to persuade companies to recruit apprentices.

New research has revealed that around 50 per cent of young people living in Middlesbrough would choose to do an apprenticeship if there were more available.

The launch of a new folding chisel is helping to make life easier for tradesmen and apprentices in the construction sector across the UK.

The number of people applying for apprenticeships within the constructions sector has risen dramatically since last year, new figures have revealed.

A master narrowboat builder has celebrated the 60th completion of his career, having started out as just an apprentice carpenter with a love of boats.

This year is being hailed as the ‘year of the apprenticeship’ as more and more young people begin to realise the benefits of earning while you learn, and employers see the positives apprenticeships can bring to their businesses.

Selby College in North Yorkshire has announced that it is to offer new apprenticeships in plumbing as a result of a partnership with a building service engineering training provider.

A Norfolk MP has spent a day with local construction apprentices as part of his ongoing drive to encourage more businesses to make use of apprenticeships.

National Access and Scaffolding Confederation member apprentices have scooped numerous gongs at the recent National Construction College Scaffolding Apprenticeship Awards.

Wakefield and District Housing has taken on new apprentices in the form of two trainee electricians, a bricklayer, a joiner and a roofer, and has confirmed that it has "high hopes" for them all.