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The civil engineering consultancy XEIAD has announced the appointment of Sunny Virk as its new head of commercial. Sunny has a wealth of experience in commercial and contract management having most recently worked at HS2 where he was heavily involved...

HS2 Ltd’s graduate programme has helped to launch the careers of more than 50 former students since it first began in 2016 and this week, twelve graduates from ten UK universities were the latest to secure a place on...

Porterbrook has announced the appointment of Rob Taylor as chief financial officer. Rob joins from Trenitalia UK where he is currently finance and corporate director. Previously he held senior finance roles at c2c and National Express as well as at...

The drive to support more unemployed people into skilled careers on HS2 is proving to be a success. HS2 Ltd confirmed today (1 September) that 2,200 people who were out of work have now secured a job helping to...

Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – has appointed Colette Carroll as Market Director for Strategic Rail, responsible for leading its significant portfolio in the UK rail sector. Colette - who joins from HS2 where she held roles...

Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) flew a team of its leaders 10,500 miles from Australia to scout out UK rail talent. Representatives of the company visited London last month as part of its drive to attract UK recruits to work on...

Engineering apprentices from train operator, Northern, broadened their knowledge of state-of-the-art train production and gained valuable hands-on experience during a visit to CAF's Newport facility in South Wales. The five engineering apprentices were invited to the factory along with two...

Efforts to bring Essex communities together through rail station projects have been tipped for several national awards. The Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership has been nominated in four categories at the Community Rail Awards for their work to...

HS2’s West Midlands construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), is joining forces with three more colleges to increase the number of industry placements it offers to T-Level students. From September, over 30 young people in Solihull, Dudley, Wolverhampton, and...

Network Rail engineers have successfully completed upgrades to Littlehaven level crossing and now have the bank holiday weekend to complete final stages of work at Parsonage Road level crossing in Horsham while the railway is less busy. People travelling through...