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HS2’s construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), is expanding its fast track job training programme to help local people start a new career in information management.

• HS2 releases new images of flowering habitats in Warwickshire: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/ecology-work-2/warwickshire-wildlife-habitats 
• Wildflowers, new trees and ponds create a vivid new landscape and homes for local wildlife
• YouTube video of new habitats in Cubbington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgVNxa0044E 
• Download uncaptioned footage here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/1Q0bof7ng2Fs

HS2’s construction partners have joined forces with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust to support local people with disabilities and long term health conditions into training and employment on HS2.

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands and Warwickshire, has teamed up with five more Further Education colleges to expand access to its free job-ready training programmes.

• Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Festival will use the £74,500 grant to run a series of community-based creative sessions for Hammersmith & Fulham residents.

HS2’s latest reporting figures show it has smashed the 900 new apprentice starts milestone, with Camden resident, Leon, becoming the 900^th apprentice to play a part in delivering Britain’s new zero carbon railway.