Reducing the safety risks our workforces are exposed to is vital, and there have been many initiatives to keep railway workers safe from harm. Of course, the best way of doing this is by taking people away from the live...

Transport for London (TfL) is working with five suppliers to create a programme offering 12 new apprenticeship opportunities in quantity surveying. The Greater London Authority (GLA) Group's Supplier Skills Team has assisted in developing a programme tailored to the skills...

HS2 Ltd, the company building Britain’s new high-speed railway, has bolstered its investment in future talent by welcoming a new cohort of apprentices and graduates into the business. This week, 21 new starters began a two-year programme of work on...

In total, 5,191 jobseekers have benefitted from specialist training and support to help them to progress into new careers on the project. The continued success in engaging and upskilling people ready for work is attributed to HS2’s job brokerage model....

Hitachi Rail has acquired the cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from Balfour Beatty in a strategic move to further grow HMAX, Hitachi Rail’s digital asset management business. With HMAX already installed on over 2,000 trains globally, Omnicom solutions will now...

HS2 is continuing to invest in local talent by welcoming university students onto a paid placement programme during the summer holidays. Now in its fourth year, the eight-week ‘earn and learn’ programme forms part of a wider drive to retain...

Utility surveying organisation, Select Surveys, has appointed Jake McCabe as its new managing director. Jake assumes the role with a wealth of hands-on experience, a strong understanding of operational delivery, and a proven commercial mindset. McCabe expressed his enthusiasm for...

HS2 has announced a significant milestone at Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire – the first deep tunnel on the high-speed route to complete its civil engineering phase. The development at the one-mile-long twin-bore tunnel – which will carry the...

HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), has announced plans to take on a further 20 apprentices – providing training and skilled jobs in the construction industry. With National Apprenticeship Week 2025 underway and marking T Level Thursday,...

As National Apprenticeship Week 2025 gets underway, HS2 has announced it is searching for 40 new apprentices to help support Britain's high-speed railway. More than 1,800 people have already secured an apprenticeship on the project, with a total of 31,000...