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• HS2 and Rail Minister, Huw Merriman MP, spoke at the celebration event welcoming the investment in the new Euston Skills Centre
• £4.1million has been made available from HS2 for the creation and running of the centre

HS2 is marking Race Equality Week and National Apprenticeship Week (5-11 February) by celebrating the achievements of apprentice Leena Begum who has driven the roll out of a range of personal protective equipment (PPE) for women in accordance with their faith.

HS2 Ltd is introducing a change to its recruitment practices to give prospective candidates one hundred percent confidence their job application is screened without bias.

• New images of HS2’s Euston Portal headhouse have been published
• The local community and members of the public have been invited to give feedback on the design

• Newly built 900 metre section replaces road dating back at least 270 years
• Old carriageway to be returned to nature as part of HS2 landscaping

Britain’s biggest construction project, HS2, is helping the UK’s small business community to thrive. New figures show HS2’s civils contractors doubled their total spend with SMEs – companies with 250 or fewer employees - in 2022/23 when compared to the previous financial year.