Birmingham City Council has unveiled a 37-acre jobs creation blueprint after the company behind Britain’s high speed rail network said it no longer needed the land for a train depot. HS2, the firm behind the £18bn London to Birmingham rail project,... Read More
Birmingham council's own planners have snapped up a prestigious new award for a city centre master plan designed to maximise the potential of the HS2 network. Produced entirely in-house by Birmingham City Council’s planning and regeneration... Read More
After weeks of speculation it now looks certain the royal family of Qatar is lining itself up to make a multi-million pound investment in the redevelopment of Birmingham's Curzon Street Station — a key project in the HS2 network. Hints of an involvement... Read More
Seven years after the completion of a £25m upgrade to Sheffield railway station the value of commercial property in the area has increased by two-thirds and almost 3,000 new jobs have been created. The figures were revealed during a parliamentary... Read More
The HS2 high speed rail link is one of the most significant infrastructure projects to take place in the UK for some time, and its presence in Birmingham is expected to boost the local economy thanks to a speedier link to London. However, Birmingham is... Read More
Multi-million pound regeneration plans for the centre of Birmingham have been boosted by the announcement that HS2 Ltd — the company behind Britain’s new high speed rail network — is moving its operational headquarters to the city from... Read More
Some of Britain’s biggest property companies have joined at least 400 other objectors — including investors, landlords and tenants — to air their concerns over the £50bn London to Birmingham HS2 project. The latest wave of corporate objectors... Read More
The architectural watchdog, the Twentieth Century Society, has suffered another setback in its long running campaign to have London’s Euston Station protected as a listed building. In its latest ruling the Department for Culture Media and Sport... Read More
An area of Birmingham city centre is set to undergo a huge redevelopment programme thanks to HS2. The regeneration will accompany the construction of the high speed rail station at Curzon Street and will include 600,000 square metres of business... Read More
Boris Johnson is planning to use Crossrail links and the HS2 route to transform a neglected part of London into a prosperous new district which will deliver a much-needed economic boost estimated to be worth £6 billion. The Mayor wants to establish... Read More
