If you are interested in a career in the construction industry it’s important to keep up-to-date with the latest news on what’s happening in the industry and what the future looks like for the construction sector. Click here to access a 'labour market exploration' of the construction and built environment sector which gives useful information about trends, skills required and additional resources.

You can keep up to date by reading local and national newspapers or by visiting their websites.

Try these websites:

BBC News

East Anglian Daily Times

Other useful sites that focus on careers in construction are:

B Constructive - careers information and advice about working in the construction industry

Construction Skills – Working in Construction - information about getting a job in construction from the Sector Skills Council for the construction industry

Good Day - careers in building services engineering, provided by Summit Skills the Sector Skills Council for Building Services Engineering

Future4me- current learning and training opportunities

Apprenticeships - current apprenticeship vacancies

Suffolk Youth Support Service - information and advice on your options

Proskills UK - Sector Skills Council for industries that make up process and manufacturing sector to Government, includes building products

Summit Skills - Sector Skills Council for building services

Confederation of Roofing Contractors

Consign Construction Skills - training and skills in the construction industry

Insitute of Roofing

Real Cool Futures- jobs that have a positive impact on the environmental changes in our world - 'green jobs'