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HS2 Ltd today [Wednesday 1 September] announced the shortlist of bidders for the contract to build the eco-friendly Interchange Station at the heart of the UK’s new high speed rail network in Solihull.

• New report shows that building HS2 will support 4,000 more jobs than previously forecast – over 34,000 jobs now expected to be supported on the landmark project

• Report also finds that 6,500 jobs will now be supported in delivering the West Midlands to Crewe section of the railway – Phase 2a - almost 1,500 more than previously forecast

• HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson unveiled a new plaque at Crewe station and welcomed the important jobs boost as part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, delivering employment in the north of England

• Link to Building the Skills to Deliver HS2 Phase One and 2a, report https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/building-the-skills-to-deliver-hs2

• Link to supporting imagery and video footage – https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/4oTGByeg6rgD

• Would-be researchers can take part via the Stories of St James's Burial Ground website: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mola/stories-of-st-jamess-burial-ground 

• Innovation initiative targets diversity-focussed companies in latest recruiting round to help drive development of UK SMEs
• Of the Innovation Accelerator’s third cohort, two of the five SMEs have female CEOs or founders, and three have BAME CEOs or founders

The company delivering Europe’s biggest engineering project, HS2 Ltd, has stepped in to ensure that a new construction-focussed Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) accreditation pilot for the UK and Ireland can go ahead as planned.

Ahead of its arrival into Preston, the team leading the design and construction of Britain’s new railway, High Speed Two (HS2), is hitting the streets with a brand-new community roadshow.