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HS2 is creating jobs and benefiting the economy today

Supply chain

There are now nearly 30,000 jobs supported by the programme and 2,760 businesses have delivered work on HS2 so far. 96% of contracts are going to UK-based businesses; 61% with SMEs and over 1,970 direct SME contracts.

Businesses and employees in every region of the UK and in the devolved nations are helping to build HS2.

As construction continues at pace on Phase One, HS2 and its contractors are actively recruiting hundreds of new roles. 1,000 of the 2,000 expected apprentices are already on board.

Work on HS2 is already well underway at over 350 active sites.

Supplier guide and supply chain bulletin

Our new supplier guide sets out HS2 Ltd's strategic goals and buying objectives, and introduces the Tier 1 construction partners together with links to their procurement and supply chain teams. It also contains guidance on how suppliers, no matter what level they may sit within the value chain, can organise themselves and get ready to seize the opportunities of working on HS2.

This also includes our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
HS2 Supplier Guide & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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Britain faces being the only G7 economy going into reverse this year, with even Russia faring better.

The IMF forecasts that GDP will shrink 0.6 per cent in 2023 - much worse than the 0.3 per cent growth it had previously pencilled in.

No other member of the group of developed economies is expected to go into the red - with even sanctions-hit Russia set to record 0.3 per cent expansion.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and ministers swiped that the grim forecasts had been wrong before. The UK is thought to have had the fastest growth in the G7 last year at 4.1 per cent, following the miserable Covid slump.

However, Mr Hunt is having to fend off gathering Tory demands for tax cuts and a growth plan to get the economy back on its feet.

Mr Hunt and Rishi Sunak have poured cold water on the prospect of reducing the burden - the highest in a generation - at the Budget in March, warning that inflation must come under control first.

Tighter fiscal policy - higher taxes or lower government spending - are cited as a key factor in the sharp downgrade, along with high energy bills.

However, the body's latest update to the World Economic Outlook says that the authorities are right to be cracking down on inflation.

Responding to the IMF report Mr Hunt said: 'The governor of the Bank of England recently said that any UK recession this year is likely to be shallower than previously predicted.

'However, these figures confirm we are not immune to the pressures hitting nearly all advanced economies. If we stick to our plan to halve inflation, the UK is still predicted to grow faster than Germany and Japan over the coming years.'

In a round of interviews this morning, transport minister Ric Holden said the IMF has been 'wrong' before and the UK will outperform its economic forecasts.

He told Times Radio: 'They've been wrong in the last two years, the OECD were also wrong over the last two years. I think Britain can beat those predictions.'

The Institute of Directors has referred to Mr Hunt's plan as 'empty, while the British Chamber of Commerce has labelled it as a 'recipe for disaster'.

The economic turmoil comes as Britain continues to face off its biggest wave of industrial action in a generations, with strikes by more than 500,000 workers across seven unions.

The IMF has been criticised for gloomy forecasts for the UK that have proved wide of the mark.

But its latest downgrade will add fuel to the growing clamour from business leaders and Tory MPs for Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak to slash taxes and produce a convincing plan for recovery.

Britain's tax burden is on its way to becoming the highest since the Second World War.

Mr Sunak acknowledged the problem yesterday when he told health workers in Darlington: 'We can't put them up any more and we need to be getting them down.'

Mr Hunt has all but ruled out tax cuts in his March Budget, insisting last week he was 'unlikely to have any headroom'.

The head of the CBI has warned that Britain will go from having one of the most attractive tax systems for investment to one of the least generous this spring.

Corporation tax climbs from 19 per cent to 25 per cent and a 'super-deduction' providing investment incentives is ending.

At the same time, help for households and firms facing huge energy bills is being scaled back.

Tory MP Michael Fabricant said Mr Hunt's claim that 'the best tax cut is a cut in inflation' would not satisfy his party.

'Colleagues will say 'That's not enough, Jeremy, you've got to give us something more',' he claimed.

Advertising mogul Sir Martin Sorrell said last week that while the Treasury's purse strings needed to be held tightly for now there must be a 'clear plan for future growth and tax cuts'.

The IMF's UK update will say the downgrade reflects 'tighter fiscal and monetary policies and financial conditions, and still-high energy retail prices weighing on household budgets'. It acknowledged that Britain, like some other countries, could yet see a boost from pent-up demand from households who built up a wall of savings during the pandemic.

But its headline verdict on the UK stands in stark contrast with other G7 nations, all of which are expected to eke out at least marginal growth.

The United States, the world's biggest economy, received a 0.4 percentage point upgrade and is expected to enjoy 1.4 per cent growth this year.

Germany has also had its prospects revised upwards, although it will expand by only 0.1 per cent. France and Italy will see their GDP climb by 0.7 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively, the IMF believes.

Britain's economy is expected to recover in 2024 but only by 0.9 per cent, a pace that still lags behind most advanced nations.

The IMF said rising interest rates - as central banks fight inflation - and Russia's war in Ukraine were continuing to hamper economic activity.

But the recent reopening of the Chinese economy is expected to provide a boost and inflation is expected to fall away.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said: 'Britain has huge potential - but too many signs are pointing toward really difficult times for our economy, leaving us lagging behind our peers.

'The Government should be doing all it can to make our economy stronger and to get it growing.

'It is the only way that we can move beyond lurching from crisis to crisis as we have been for far too long.'

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ICYMI, the Scotch Whisky Action Fund (run by @FoundationScot) recently announced over £115k of funding for projects in communities throughout Scotland who are tackling alcohol harm.

Learn more about the fund from Chair of the awarding panel, Dame Joan Stringer 👇

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ICYMI, the Scotch Whisky Action Fund (run by @FoundationScot) recently announced over £115k of funding for projects in communities throughout Scotland who are tackling alcohol harm.

Learn more about the fund from Chair of the awarding panel, Dame Joan Stringer 👇 https://t.co/AkAVwNowZI

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ICYMI, the Scotch Whisky Action Fund (run by @FoundationScot) recently announced over £115k of funding for projects in communities throughout Scotland who are tackling alcohol harm.

Learn more about the fund from Chair of the awarding panel, Dame Joan Stringer 👇 pic.twitter.com/AkAVwNowZI
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ICYMI, the Scotch Whisky Action Fund (run by @FoundationScot) recently announced over £115k of funding for projects in communities throughout Scotland who are tackling alcohol harm.

Learn more about the fund from Chair of the awarding panel, Dame Joan Stringer 👇 https://t.co/AkAVwNowZI

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ICYMI, the Scotch Whisky Action Fund (run by @FoundationScot) recently announced over £115k of funding for projects in communities throughout Scotland who are tackling alcohol harm.

Learn more about the fund from Chair of the awarding panel, Dame Joan Stringer 👇 https://t.co/AkAVwNowZI

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ICYMI, the Scotch Whisky Action Fund (run by @FoundationScot) recently announced over £115k of funding for projects in communities throughout Scotland who are tackling alcohol harm.

Learn more about the fund from Chair of the awarding panel, Dame Joan Stringer 👇