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HS2’s construction partners have joined forces with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust to support local people with disabilities and long term health conditions into training and employment on HS2.

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands and Warwickshire, has teamed up with five more Further Education colleges to expand access to its free job-ready training programmes.

• Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Festival will use the £74,500 grant to run a series of community-based creative sessions for Hammersmith & Fulham residents.

HS2’s latest reporting figures show it has smashed the 900 new apprentice starts milestone, with Camden resident, Leon, becoming the 900^th apprentice to play a part in delivering Britain’s new zero carbon railway.

HS2 has partnered with the Great British Bee Project (GBBP) to support the expansion of colonies of the threatened British Black Bee along the railway’s new Green Corridor.

• HS2’s workforce increased by more than 2,000 in the last quarter, with the construction of Britain’s new railway now supporting a record 24,800 jobs.

• HS2’s latest reporting figures also show it has smashed the 900 new apprentice starts milestone.