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Amey apprentices and graduates took part in the Amey Early Careers Challenge fundraising over £11,000 for Amey’s employee chosen charity, Cancer Research UK. The 29 apprentices and graduates split into five regional teams and were set a target of four weeks to raise as much money as possible for Cancer Research UK. The teams came up with an array of fundraising […]

Amey Consulting has been awarded an ‘Initiative of the Year Award’ by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its Future Office Initiative. Amey Consulting’s winning project focused on understanding the impact of homeworking during the Covid-19 pandemic on employee wellbeing and how the Covid-19 pandemic may affect its future offices. The ‘Future Office Initiative’ sought to understand the impact of homeworking on employees and their wellbeing, for […]

Network Rail has teamed up with partners to put on a day of free science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) activities at King’s Cross. The event is aiming to get children involved in educational and fun-filled activities to help encourage them to participate in STEM subjects at school. They can also learn about the railway […]

Having been presented with its tenth Gold Medal Fleet Safety Award, VolkerRail is delighted to receive the prestigious RoSPA President’s Award for outstanding occupational road risk management, as well as its eighth consecutive Gold Medal Award, in recognition of its health and safety performance. Run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, RoSPA […]

The HS2 roadshow will make three stops in the capital with pop up events scheduled to take place in Kings Cross on 5th August, Uxbridge on 2nd September and Ealing on 21st September. The events will allow residents and visitors to find out more about the exciting plans, now well underway, to bring Britain’s new […]

The Rail Technology Magazine (RTM) has planted 250 trees in VolkerRail’s name, following employee engagement with its RTM365 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) digital event, held on Wednesday 16th June. The event, in which VolkerRail’s major projects director, Stuart Birch, was a guest speaker, brought together industry leaders, to share their knowledge on how to […]

Network Rail and partners have teamed up to put on a day of free science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) activities for children aged between 4 – 16. This is a one off event which will see Network Rail and partners work together to put on educational and fun-filled activities which children can get involved […]

On the one-year anniversary of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, HS2 Ltd has announced that the project has reached another major milestone in its bid to build a lasting legacy of skills and education in the UK. Danielle Taylor is today confirmed as the 650th apprentice to play a part in the delivery of Britain’s […]

Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has praised the trial of a new piece of emission reduction technology fitted to a train running between Matlock and Derby. In partnership with rolling stock company Porterbrook, and emissions specialist, Eminox, EMR has fit a 2-box emissions reduction system to the exhaust of a Class 170 train operating in full […]

Routes into Rail has a featured article in CareerMag for School Leavers written by our own Barry Smith, Head of Skills and Assessment at NSAR. The article focuses on the different career opportunities in the rail sector and the industry’s green credentials. An excerpt of the article: “Electrification will need lots more design engineers, electrification engineers, […]

June 23rd marked International Women in Engineering Day, and employers across the rail sector paid tribute to fantastic engineers in their companies. Network Rail HS2  East Midlands Rail Rail Delivery Group and BAM Nuttall  

Amey Consulting has welcomed its first cohort of students to the Civil Engineer Degree Apprenticeship (CEDA) programme. Working in partnership with The School of Energy, Construction and Environment (ECE) at Coventry University, the programme will help bring new talent into the industry, support the skills gap, encourage diversity, and foster local skills in regional areas. […]