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HS2’s West Midlands contractor hits 100th apprentice milestone

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s West Midlands construction partner, has reached its 100th apprentice milestone. BBV places a strong focus on recruiting and investing in people from the region, and 20 year-old Benjamin Richards-Moss, from West Bromwich, is among the latest cohort of young people to join the company and start building a new career. […]

HS2 triples investment in T-Level students

HS2’s West Midlands construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), confirmed today (25th August) that it is joining forces with three more colleges to increase the number of industry placements it offers to T-Level students. From September, over 30 young people in Solihull, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall will get to play a part in HS2’s construction […]

HS2 celebrates historic first tunnelling breakthrough

Massive Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in Warwickshire becomes first on the HS2 project to complete its full journey underground The first bore of the one-mile tunnel under Long Itchington Wood has been dug in seven months HS2 Ltd is today [Tuesday 26 July] celebrating the very first tunnelling breakthrough on Europe’s largest infrastructure project. A […]

New courses added to HS2’s fast track job training programme

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. BBV has already helped over 30 people to secure a job on HS2 through training programmes delivered at its Skills Academy in Birmingham. To date, training has focused on […]

HS2 contractor expands its job-ready training programmes

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. The development follows in the footsteps of BBV’s successful partnership with South and City College Birmingham, which led to the creation of BBV’s dedicated […]

HS2’s fast track job training programme opens to new applicants

HS2’s construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), is encouraging local people who are out of work or looking for a career change to register for its fast track training programme which enables candidates to progress onto a paid work trial in just 4-6 weeks. Since opening its dedicated Skills Academy in Bordesley Green, Birmingham last […]

HS2 offers summer placements to undergraduates

University students who live in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2 on a paid work placement this summer. HS2’s construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), is launching a new undergraduate programme to help students gain valuable work experience aligned to their specialist subject area. The eight-week programme, which begins on 4 […]