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HS2 becomes first UK transport sector client to achieve global carbon management standard
13 Nov 2020- HS2 has achieved the PAS 2080 global accreditation, recognising its extensive plans to reduce carbon through the design, construction and operation of Britain’s new railway.
- HS2 is the first client organisation in the UK transport sector, and the second in world, to achieve the standard.
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Boddington bike track set to open after receiving over £50,000 from HS2’s community fund
11 Nov 2020Boddington Parish Council is the latest to benefit from a grant from the HS2 Community and Environment Fund (CEF), receiving £51,175 for new cycling facilities at the Charles Cowper Field
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Five UK-based cutting-edge tech firms join HS2 Innovation Accelerator initiative
09 Nov 2020The company delivering Britain’s new high speed rail network has today (Monday 9 November 2020) announced the names of the five new cutting-edge tech firms that will join HS2 Ltd’s Innovation Accelerator programme.
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HS2 boosts safety and efficiency with innovative robot for Chiltern tunnelling machines
04 Nov 2020- A video showing the robot at work and interviews with the people behind the innovation is available here: https://youtu.be/xruGsFPV4Gw
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HS2 launches first virtual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event
03 Nov 2020Registrations now open for over 1,000 one-to-one meetings with HS2 contractors.
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HS2 Community Fund awards £74,977 to Greatworth Community Transport Association in Northamptonshire
30 Oct 2020Today (Friday 30 October) the Greatworth Community Transport Association in Northamptonshire has become the latest to benefit from the HS2 Community and Environment Fund, as it is announced that they have been awarded just under £75,000 to lease a 16-seater community minibus which will provide a service for the communities of Greatworth and the surrounding area for a period of three years during the main HS2 construction works.