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Pre-2017 HS2 press releases are available on GOV.UK/HS2
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HS2 announces more apprenticeship jobs as the UK celebrates National Apprenticeship Week
05 Feb 2024- HS2 and its construction partners continue their apprenticeship recruitment drive
- Applications open this week for jobs based in Birmingham, Milton Keynes and London
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Shortlist announced to supply and operate HS2’s mass transit system at Interchange Station
31 Jan 2024HS2 Ltd today (31 January 2024) confirmed the shortlisted bidders to operate and maintain the assets required for the new mass transit system at Interchange station in Solihull.
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Investing in future talent: HS2 begins the search for more talented graduates
26 Jan 2024- Recruitment opens today for over 30 graduate jobs
- Opportunities based in Birmingham, Milton Keynes and London
- Two-year placements span nine different career pathways
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Construction starts on HS2’s Birmingham Curzon Street Station
24 Jan 2024- HS2 starts 2024 with a major milestone as five year station construction programme begins in central Birmingham
- Birmingham Curzon Street station will be the first brand new intercity terminus station built in Britain since the 19th Century
- Hundreds of jobs will be created during the build, including apprenticeships and opportunities for unemployed people
- Official start of construction photos from an event on site on Wednesday 24 January - https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/wvxws3hc5sxstxqb7xfpcbv
- CGI images of the station; Animated flythrough of the station; Aerial footage of the site
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Completion of HS2 logistics tunnel paves the way for high-speed line to Euston
23 Jan 2024- HS2’s 847 tonne tunnel boring machine breaks through into Old Oak Common Station box
- The 853-metre logistics tunnel will support the construction of HS2’s Euston tunnel
- Video of the breakthrough available here: https://youtu.be/vad8bbYie8U
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New government-backed Recruitment Hubs will help more unemployed people into work on HS2
19 Jan 2024- Three dedicated HS2 Recruitment Hubs now open in Birmingham and Solihull (PICTURES - https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/54k9k69cxhsmk7fn6bjfqv
- A record 4,000 formerly unemployed have already secured jobs on HS2
- Thousands more jobs still to come in the West Midlands
- Millie Bayliss from Kingstanding, Birmingham is the 4,000th unemployed person to start work on HS2 (PICTURES https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/ttps5q6bbpcvsq9kcwrn6z56)
- West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street welcomes the investment and the commitment to support more unemployed people into work on HS2 (PICTURES: https://visual-library.hs2.org.uk/s/vz7smjrx39grx8tqh9584)
- B-roll footage - meet Millie, HS2's 4,000th formerly unemployed candidate and a preview inside the new HS2 Recruitment Hub at Washwood Heath Job Centre - https://we.tl/t-MpUzAhmjBz
- VIDEO - Mille's story - https://youtu.be/HNqGqEl_YQY