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Awards success for Midland Metro Alliance

The Midland Metro Alliance has won two new awards.

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Rose Rees picks up the employer of the year award on behalf of the Midland Metro Alliance

It received employer of the year at Talent Match Black Country’s annual awards at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton.

The alliance, working with local colleges, the Department for Work and Pensions, councils and other funding bodies, supported the design and delivery of bespoke six-week courses in light rail last year.

Rose Rees, training and development manager, who collected the award on behalf of the alliance, said: “We believe that an important route to maintain a strong, knowledgeable and sustainable workforce is to invest in it.

"The work that the Midland Metro Alliance is doing, including helping to provide careers guidance, training opportunities and more formal schemes like apprenticeships and graduate opportunities are important ways to secure the future talent that our industry needs. We are delighted to have been recognised for this work.”

The alliance was also announced as the winner of the partnership initiative of the year at New Civil Engineer’s annual British Construction Industry Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Judges commented that the Midland Metro Alliance was an innovative example of a move away from traditional alliancing but one in which collaboration was at the heart of all of its actions.

Alejandro Moreno, Midland Metro Alliance director, said: “We’re delighted that the team at the Midland Metro Alliance walked away with not just one, but two awards last week. We’re dedicated to leaving a lasting legacy that the West Midlands can be truly proud of.”