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HS2 – The Government must invest in the future

David Shirres “The Government has clearly set out its firm focus on rebalancing the economy and creating jobs, skills and talent to raise the level...

Expert Commentary – Stuart Meek, Chief Operating Officer, South Western Railway

Stuart Meek is the chief operating officer (COO) at South Western Railway (SWR). He is passionate about making real improvements in Equality, Diversity, and...

RailStaff Insights – Celebrating neurodiversity in rail

Neurological differences such as autism are natural variations of the human brain and should be recognised and respected. In recent years, great efforts have...

RailStaff Awards 2023: The event of the year

Every year, the Railstaff Awards gets bigger and better, attracting more interest, more sponsors, and more entries. The industry has its fair share of...

RailwayPeople.com – All aboard for first class careers

Asif Ahmed, of www.RailwayPeople.com, advises jobseekers to update their CVs and check out the industry's largest job board to capitalise on emerging employment opportunities For...

HS2: a recruitment and training powerhouse

The HS2 project is hoovering up talent as it rolls up the country at growing speed. It’s also providing countless opportunities to the communities...

KWVR founders day

The five-mile Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) is a steeply graded single-track branch line that has a junction station at Keighley on the...

The biggest night in the calendar

The event of the year is nearly upon us. On 24 November the great and good of the rail industry will convene to celebrate...

NCB: Independent Assurance

Operating as an independent subsidiary of Network Rail, Network Certification Body (NCB) is the UK railway’s leading infrastructure assessment and certification body. NCB celebrated...

Railway industry celebrates International Women’s Day

The Rail industry has united in celebration of International Women’s Day, with numerous events and initiatives taking place across the network. This year’s theme...

Galvanizers Association will deliver for HS2

A process of protecting steel, in use for centuries, is essential to the provision of modern railway infrastructure. Galvanizers Association tell us more. Billed as...

NIS support’s rail’s recruitment push

A Wolverhampton-based training provider, is ramping up activities to help the rail sector meet an anticipated 120,000 shortfall in staff. National Infrastructure Solutions (NIS), launched...

Expert commentary – Phil Catcheside, Network Rail

In the first of series of interviews with experts in the Rail industry and beyond, RailStaff spoke to Phil Catcheside, Head of Recruitment Marketing...

Diversity in recruitment

Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is a burning issue in today’s workplace and, going forward, will only increase in importance. Today’s generation of job...

Freightliner – Keeping the country running

Although COVID-19 has created many challenges for all parts of the economy, rail freight has demonstrated strong resilience and agility, much of this attributed...