by David Lavender | 26th March 2025 | News Article
University students who want to bolster their income and boost their skills are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner in the West Midlands for an eight-week paid work placement. Now in its fourth year, Balfour Beatty VINCI’s undergraduate scheme...
by David Lavender | 24th March 2025 | News Article
When the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced (23 March 2020) the “stay at home” instruction left Nicola Devenport, a mobile hairdresser from Great Barr, unable to work. With an uncertain future and no income, Nicola took control of her own destiny, and her HS2...
by David Lavender | 19th March 2025 | News Article
A former Royal Air Force officer who started a new career on HS2 is drawing on her own experience to help fellow ex-forces personnel find employment. Maggie McCann is among more than 100 people to have gained employment on Britain’s new high-speed railway as part of a...
by David Lavender | 25th February 2025 | News Article
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 railway into...
by David Lavender | 13th February 2025 | News Article
The first huge viaduct has been completed at HS2’s Delta Junction in North Warwickshire, marking a major milestone as construction ramps up on the high-speed line in the region. A team of 40 people working for HS2’s contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI,...