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Investing in future talent: HS2 begins the search for more talented graduates
26 Jan 2024- Recruitment opens today for over 30 graduate jobs
- Opportunities based in Birmingham, Milton Keynes and London
- Two-year placements span nine different career pathways
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Construction starts on HS2’s Birmingham Curzon Street Station
24 Jan 2024- HS2 starts 2024 with a major milestone as five year station construction programme begins in central Birmingham
- Birmingham Curzon Street station will be the first brand new intercity terminus station built in Britain since the 19th Century
- Hundreds of jobs will be created during the build, including apprenticeships and opportunities for unemployed people
- Official start of construction photos from an event on site on Wednesday 24 January - https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/wvxws3hc5sxstxqb7xfpcbv
- CGI images of the station; Animated flythrough of the station; Aerial footage of the site
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Completion of HS2 logistics tunnel paves the way for high-speed line to Euston
23 Jan 2024- HS2’s 847 tonne tunnel boring machine breaks through into Old Oak Common Station box
- The 853-metre logistics tunnel will support the construction of HS2’s Euston tunnel
- Video of the breakthrough available here: https://youtu.be/vad8bbYie8U
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New government-backed Recruitment Hubs will help more unemployed people into work on HS2
19 Jan 2024- Three dedicated HS2 Recruitment Hubs now open in Birmingham and Solihull (PICTURES - https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/54k9k69cxhsmk7fn6bjfqv
- A record 4,000 formerly unemployed have already secured jobs on HS2
- Thousands more jobs still to come in the West Midlands
- Millie Bayliss from Kingstanding, Birmingham is the 4,000th unemployed person to start work on HS2 (PICTURES https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/ttps5q6bbpcvsq9kcwrn6z56)
- West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street welcomes the investment and the commitment to support more unemployed people into work on HS2 (PICTURES: https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/vz7smjrx39grx8tqh9584)
- B-roll footage - meet Millie, HS2's 4,000th formerly unemployed candidate and a preview inside the new HS2 Recruitment Hub at Washwood Heath Job Centre - https://we.tl/t-MpUzAhmjBz
- VIDEO - Mille's story - https://youtu.be/HNqGqEl_YQY
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HS2 begins epic year-long, half-kilometre viaduct deck slide
11 Jan 2024Engineers this week began a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire, as HS2’s innovative Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a critical new stage of construction.
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HS2 asks local community to vote on Balsall Common Viaduct design details
11 Jan 2024- Options for the appearance of Balsall Common Viaduct in the West Midlands go on display at community events on 18 and 25 January
- Local people will vote on colour, finish, and pattern designs as well as landscape plans
- CGIs of the options here