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• The search starts today to find the name for the 2,000 tonne Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will dig under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire.
• The British public are asked to choose from three shortlisted names nominated by people in Warwickshire.
• The TBM will launch later this year and start its one year journey to create a one-mile twin bore tunnel to preserve ancient woodland above ground.
• The public can vote for their favourite name here: https://www.hs2.org.uk/tbmvoting

• HS2 Ltd kicks off search for construction partner for the station at the heart of the UK’s new high speed rail network.
• 1,000 jobs will be supported by the contract, worth up to £370m.
• Regeneration around the station will support 30,000 jobs, up to 3,000 new homes and 70,000m2 of commercial space.

Thomson Environmental Consultants has boosted its workforce and opened brand new offices in the Midlands thanks to the work it has won supporting the delivery of Britain’s new railway, HS2.

• Entrepreneurs and innovative new uses of data and digital technology sought to cut carbon on the project and help increase construction site safety and security

Balfour Beatty VINCI, HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands section of Britain’s new high speed railway, is working in partnership with Birmingham City University to support its graduates into employment.

HS2 Ltd today announces that it is holding a series of weekly webinars to ensure British businesses benefit from over 400,000 contract opportunities that building Britain’s new high speed railway will create.