The Home Building Skills Partnership has its first meeting
The Home Building Skills Partnership, recently set up by building-industry leaders to attract and train more than 40,000 workers at 180 colleges and training providers, and engage with more than 3,500 companies, has met for its inaugural session. Its board chairman, Redrow Homes' CEO, said that the house-building industry is "totally committed to increasing output" and that the partnership will help create a properly trained workforce to deliver high-quality homes.

The Home Building Skills Partnership (HBSP) board has met for its inaugural session beginning a programme intended to attract and train tens of thousands of new workers to the sector.

Headed by Redrow Homes CEO, John Tutte, the partnership consists of a group of leaders from across the housebuilding industry including the Home Builders Federation (HBF).

Over the next four years, the HBSP pro- grammes will aim to engage with more than 3,500 companies, more than 40,000 workers and around 180 colleges and training providers, in its quest to give the industry the workforce it needs to boost housing supply. The partnership will focus on attracting new entrants into the sector and applying targeted training.