How will you shape high speed britain?

6th August 2014

Dear Member, HS2 will be holding its next supply chain conference on 17 October in London and on 23 October in Manchester.

Obviously the opportunities for businesses in supplying HS2 are massive and many of may have some great opportunities. You can register your interest in attending the conference, as a delegate or exhibitor (or both). The organisers say that the conference will provide you with the opportunity to hear about the development of the HS2 procurement strategy and how businesses from across the UK can get involved in working on HS2. They will also provide information on skills and employment packages and how digital design and modelling can help them manage bigger and more ambitious projects. Further information and a link to the registration webpage is provided within the email below. If you have any difficulty accessing the webpage, please copy and paste the URLs below into your web browser. I hope this is on interest to you and I hope loads of Sheffield companies get business from this. Please click the following link to register your interest: www.hs2.org.uk/supplychainconference2014 Richard Wright Executive Director

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