Training

TransPennine Express (TPE) has welcomed five new apprentices onboard, expanding its team with fresh talent that will experience different areas of the business as part of the popular two-year scheme. The train company, which operates trains and stations across the...

A huge jobs bonanza in the region’s transport industry has opened up for thousands of young people and others looking for a change of career, a newly published report has revealed. Research commissioned by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) shows...

HS2 has welcomed more young talent into the business as it strives to upskill the next generation to play their part in delivering HS2 and major infrastructure projects of the future. Twenty new starters aged 16 – 28 have joined...

NSAR is pleased to announce a rebrand to support its new deeper business focus. NSAR has spent the past 12-months listening to its members and infrastructure industry leaders throughout the UK describe their biggest challenges and threats. The conclusion was...

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s West Midlands construction partner, has reached its 100th apprentice milestone. BBV places a strong focus on recruiting and investing in people from the region, and 20 year-old Benjamin Richards-Moss, from West Bromwich, is among the latest...

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...

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...

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...

It was a day of double celebrations for six Walsall College T-Level students who were among the first in the country to pass their Construction - Design, Surveying and Planning T-Level today (18 August) and celebrate with the news...

The first programme of the QTS Rail Skills Academy has successfully completed, with 10 young people now equipped with the skills required to join the rail industry.   The Academy, delivered by QTS Training and funded through the East Ayrshire Council's...