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High Speed 2
10:38, 4 MAR 2021
Budget 2021: East Midlands business and political leaders react to ‘sugar today, medicine tomorrow’ budget
The Budget
A “business-friendly budget” that not only supports businesses now but will help them “grow, invest and innovate” post-Covid
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Budget 2021: £50m boost to HS2 Interchange development
West Midlands
Chancellor's funding will enable alternative parking provision at the station after local leaders fought against the approved surface-level car park plan
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Transport for the North demands investment for six rail projects set to create 70,000 jobs
Transport
The proposals include new lines between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds - and connecting Sheffield to HS2
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REVEALED: The £75m masterplan to create 'urban hub' close to Stoke-on-Trent's main train station
West Midlands
Plans include 180 new homes, a 150-bed hotel, a canalside restaurant and a water taxi to the bet365 stadium
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£27m East Yorkshire steel fabrication company buy-out as Severfield makes tracks to rail industry
Engineering
DAM Structures acquired in county deal by FTSE-listed Severfield Plc
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New methods to appraise rail investment aims to help with levelling up
Transport
Sir Peter Hendry has been tasked by the Prime Minister to look at how to improve transport connectivity across the nations of the union
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Midlands transport chiefs submit £400m wishlist to Chancellor
Transport
Midlands Connect outlines its funding hopes ahead of the Budget as it seeks to drive economic growth across the region through improved rail and transport infrastructure
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Warrington could get a tram network as plans progress to improve town's transport
North West
Exciting plans to boost connectivity in the major town
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HS2 launches contractor hunt to build £275m rail depot
West Midlands
Former manufacturing site in Birmingham has been earmarked for a maintenance and storage depot for high-speed trains
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Transport cuts in North risk making levelling up 'empty rhetoric'
Transport
Metro mayors and unions in Northern regions have appealed to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps not to cut funding to Transport for the North
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£200m rail upgrade could boost train links from North Wales
Wales
The proposals include £60 million to speed up the North Wales main line to Holyhead, £60 million for Chester Station and £80 million to connect Wrexham to Liverpool
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Movers and Shakers: East Midlands appointments and promotions
East Midlands
Changes at Loughborough University, The Access Group, Roberts Travel, Copart Ƶ, Smith Cooper, Branston and Ibstock Plc
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£200m rail project to link Merseyside with North Wales
European Union
The proposals would also see the creation of a new super-hub in Chester
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Next phase of HS2 given royal assent
High Speed 2
Phase 2a will run between Birmingham city centre and Crewe and is due for completion by 2033
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£40m Siemens train factory build contract awarded for Goole super-site
Construction
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps have both welcomed the progress
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North East business and political leaders unite on calls for key rail upgrade
Transport
Company bosses, MPs and council leaders say the East Coast Main Line needs added capacity to serve the North East economy
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Midlands leaders call on Chancellor to back 'nationally-critical' Midlands Rail Hub
Transport
Letter to Rishi Sunak urges acceleration of the flagship project to deliver economic benefits and enhanced connectivity sooner
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Midlands business leaders urge Boris Johnson to build HS2 in full
Transport
Part of phase two of high-speed rail line could be scrapped if the Government follows recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission
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Northern business leaders warn that HS2 downgrade will leave levelling up 'in tatters'
Transport
The National Infrastructure Commission has recommended scrapping the eastern leg of the high speed rail link
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X-shaped HS2 network 'could allow high-speed rail links through Bristol and South West'
High Speed 2
The author of a new report said the proposal could have a bearing on the region’s prosperity
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West Midlands cities hardest hit by pandemic will recover faster - but will still be worse off than before
West Midlands
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall saw their economies decrease by nearly 12% in 2020
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This is how long the economies of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby will take to recover from Covid-19
Coronavirus
Demos-PwC report suggests cities worst hit by lockdown set to make faster economic recovery
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The road, rail and port investments needed to boost economy of North Wales and border regions
Wales
Growth Track 360 partnership and MPs across the regions have submitted proposals to the Union Connectivity Review
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HS2 joins Ladder for Greater Birmingham apprenticeship drive
West Midlands
High-speed rail project becomes an employer partner of our apprenticeship campaign
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