HS2 in the Limelight
The final post today looks at the company behind the massive HS2 infrastructure project that will see some of the U.K.’s largest cities connected by a new high-speed railway system. We have looked fleetingly at the project before when we focused on the travails of Carillion, just one of the firms tasked with seeing this large-scale project realised. However, whilst Carillion is experiencing a period of difficulty at the moment, the HS2 Company itself has this week been thrust into the limelight because of its organisational structure, and its compensation to key individuals. So, in this post, we will look at the developing story and assess the development of this integral project. High Speed Two, or HS2, is the name given to the large-scale infrastructure project that aims to connect Britain’s largest Cities by way of modern high-speed rail links and is coordinated by the HS2 Ltd Company that is funded by grant-in-aid from the Government. The project will see eight different c...