Finding out what loans or grants are available in your sector can be difficult. Often, you’ll have to hunt through government pages analysing if there’s anything available for you and your business. This can take hours of effort and time, and that’s before you even start the application processes! We’ve come up with a helpful list of resources in relation to what construction grants are available for the construction sector.

CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) Grants Scheme

CITB provides grants for construction industry employers who provide training for their workforce. The Grants Scheme helps the industry maintain high standards. This means it makes sure people are being trained in the right skills for the industry to thrive. All employers registered with CITB can apply for a grant, available to employers of all sizes, whether or not you pay a levy to CITB.

From apprenticeships to long qualifications, short courses to plant test achievements, so much training is covered with grants ranging from £600 to £3500.

I-Construct

I-Construct offers small businesses in the construction supply-chain free support to improve their bottom line. With membership free, grant funding ranges from £1,000 to £20,000 to part-fund the development and launch of a new product/service. Members will also have access to business development support and networking, as well as the ability to access significant projects in South-East England. Offering a community of connections, mentorship and financial support, I-Construct aim to progress the construction industry through empowering small businesses together.

B&CE Charitable Trust

The B&CE are a non for profit organisation with a solid foundation in the construction industry. They support businesses in training, education and development. Grants are available for projects that either promote careers in the construction industry or lead to accredited qualifications. They also provide grants to help individuals get back into construction or to retrain in another skill if there’s an occupational health requirement.

Help to Grow: Digital

The Help to Grow: Digital is a learning platform which delivers free, impartial information and advice that helps businesses adopt the right technology and software. By providing guidance on how to choose and use digital software to grow your business, this government scheme features discounts worth up to £5,000 that aids you in finding the right productivity software for your business.

Discounts will cover up to 50% of the software costs, with a strong focus on customer relationship management (CRM) software as well as accountancy software. Embracing software and digital ways of working can help boost business performance. Software integration has helped many SMEs to expand their reach and target more customers, as well as deliver efficiency in time-consuming tasks.

One to one business advice is also available on how to streamline your business using digital techniques and embracing newfound technology.

ECITB Engineering Training Grants

Engineering training grants are funded by the industrial training levy and used to meet the needs of employers and the wider industry.

Grants are paid TO employers to subsidise training costs for their workforce. The ECITB also pays grants to training providers who provide the training, tests and qualifications that industry requires.

The ECITB works with employers to identify training needs and to drive up skill levels across the industry. Eligible employers can access a wide range of engineering training grants to support the training they require.

Construction Grant support is available for a range of training activities. The ECITB prioritises funding for training that improves the productivity and safety of the engineering construction workforce and also training that develops skills that are transferrable across industry.

These areas of training include:

New entrant training – apprenticeships, graduate development and workers transferring across industry sectors.

Craft/technician skills (e.g. Mechanical Joint Integrity)

Safety training (excluding the CCNSG safety passport)

Leadership, management and supervisory development.

Competence assurance (e.g. vocational qualifications and technical tests)

Contractual requirement (e.g. works access and plant operations)

Project management, project controls and commercial awareness

Design training (e.g. CAD and BIM)

You can also find a Grants Finder via the government Grants Hub website which will help find what exact grants you are entitled to for your construction business.

If you’d like to know any further information on anything mentioned please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.