COVID-19: CITB suspends levy bills
27 March 2020
- The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has suspended the issue of its levy bills (which usually takes place in April) for at least three months.
- This is aimed to ease financial pressures for businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
- The bills will subsequently be issued for the full year.
- CITB levy bills are usually due to payment in May, but CITB will not seek collection on the suspended bills until August, or later.
- The CITB are communicating with the Government to influence support for the construction industry, including seeking a financial grant for their work building critical industry skills.
- The CITB will review this matter on an ongoing basis.
Aspire Comment
Sarah Beale, CITB chief executive, stated the following:
“CITB is reviewing all of its work to respond to the rapidly changing skills needs of industry. We are continuing to re-evaluate our services, funding and grants to adapt them to meet industry’s changing priority needs.”
It is encouraging to see that authorities are taking the necessary steps to help provide financial relief to business strongly affected by the outbreak.
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