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Making sure we have the skills to deliver

Now that students have opened their A level and GCSE results, it brings a fresh reminder that the construction sector is facing a major skills challenge writes Kevin Bohea. Government has pledged to deliver 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s. The issue we have is that we simply don’t ... http://talk.build/blogs/15/278/making-sure-we-have-the-skills-to-deliver

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