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Citrus become a member of Build UK, the voice of the construction industry.

Build UK is the leading representative organisation for the UK construction industry. Bringing together clients, main contractors, trade associations serving over 11,500 specialist contractors and other organisations committed to industry collaboration, Build UK represents over 40% of UK construction.

The organisation focuses on three key industry priorities that deliver change and improve the efficiency and delivery of construction projects through the supply chain for the benefit of the UK economy.

Providing influential and dynamic leadership, Build UK ensures a cohesive approach and presents a single voice for construction to industry stakeholders.

As the UK’s leading provider of health, safety and technical training and assessment services to the built environment sector, Citrus Training is a proud member of Build UK, the voice of the construction industry working with members and partners to drive changes that strengthen the sector.

We are a professional services member, which allows us to demonstrate our commitment to best practice by collaborating with industry stakeholders to improve the availability of skills training for the industry, now and in future.

Following the Build UK Training Standard, Citrus Training plays a key collaborative role in ensuring those working in the sector have the correct card to do their job and work with members and partners to support recruitment and retention of new talent into the sector.

Wayne Taylor, Managing Director of Citrus Training said: “It’s a great time to join Build UK. The sector is facing significant challenges. The pandemic has once again shown what a resilient sector the construction sector is, and how we can do things differently. But we need to do more. We all need to grab this opportunity to bring about change and create the legacy of a strong and sustainable industry for generations to come.”

Suzannah Nichol MBE, Chief Executive of Build UK said: “We are delighted to have Citrus Training in Build UK membership contributing its wealth of knowledge and expertise to our work on Recruiting, Training and Retaining the talent our industry needs”.

“The team is passionate about transforming skills and training in the industry. We work with many of the UK’s largest organisations in the sector, as well as the huge supply chain on major construction and infrastructure projects across all parts of the UK. As such, we are delighted to have Citrus Training on board to contribute their experience, innovation and expertise to the new roadmap.

Since joining Build UK in 2021, the Citrus Training team has got stuck in, attending every meeting, creating and attending specialist training work groups and reviewing access to mandatory training standards across the UK. And, we won’t stop there. We are excited and ready to make a difference in the construction industry and look forward to future initiatives.