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We're closing out Neurodiversity Celebration Week with a brilliant video from one of our Field Engineer's, Alice. Alice shares how she's worked with her manager as well as the flexibility at Virgin Media O2 to make sure she can work to her best by making sure her ADHD and autism is supported at work. We loved how real her story is and continue to make sure we find ways to support our employees, whether that's through workplace adjustments, our network support or through our neurodiversity benefit for employees and their families.

This month, we celebrated the colleagues who truly light up Northern at our Northern Lights Awards. From those keeping customers safe and supported, to the teams improving stations, leading innovation and championing inclusion - every winner represents the best of who we are. Congratulations to all our 2026 award winners, including: 🔹 Northern Star Award - Graham Bray - for outstanding vigilance and care at Manchester Oxford Road. 🔹 Unsung Hero Award - Monica Sanyang - for stepping up to cover roles and support customers in Rotherham. 🔹 Dream Team Award - Heaton TrainCare Centre - for exceptional teamwork and a standout 150‑year Open Day. 🔹 Go Green Award - Andrew Loxton - for championing sustainability at Bridlington with rainwater use and biodiversity. 🔹 Northern Hero Award - Daniel Halfpenny - for quick thinking in emergencies and keeping customers safe at Manchester Victoria. 🔹 Customers at the Heart Award - Oxford Road Team - for consistently excellent, team‑led customer service. 🔹 Guiding Light Award - Andrew Senior - for inspiring young people and promoting rail safety across Yorkshire. 🔹 Helping Hands Award - Rob Brown - for mentoring students and supporting T‑Level placements and the Armed Forces network. 🔹 Smooth Operator Award - Mark Morrey - for strengthening Allerton with 90+ interviews and 32 successful onboardings. 🔹 Equality Champion Award - Kelly Dodsworth - for driving inclusion, advising on sexual harassment and improving station safety. 🔹 Health & Safety Excellence Award - Abigail Bentley - for coordinating 1,000+ body‑worn cameras across 170 sites in four weeks. 🔹 Bright Ideas Award - David Wilkinson - for leading Northern’s industry‑first Station Security App. Thank you for everything you do for our customers, communities and each other. 💙

Introducing Natasha Jeffers as our new Managing Director, Global Trading! In this newly created role, Natasha will take responsibility for our global P&L across the UK, US, EU and Rest of World, bringing together regional trading, pricing and promotional strategy, and storefront optimisation. Natasha joins us from Amazon Fashion, where she led major growth, operational improvements and cross‑functional transformation across Europe. Her earlier career includes roles at Forever 21 and Arcadia Group, along with a previous period at ASOS in merchandising and branded partnerships. Welcome (back), Natasha !

It's official: Minecraft is coming to Chessington World of Adventures Resort!🎢 Minecraft World, the world’s first fully immersive Minecraft-inspired theme park land will be opening in 2027 at Chessington World of Adventures! Inspired by the game’s most iconic biomes, mobs, and items, Minecraft World will bring the best-selling game of all time into the physical world for the very first time at a major theme park🤩 The land will feature new Minecraft-themed attractions, including a thrilling world-first coaster, interactive adventures, epic block built playscapes, and themed retail and dining🍽️

Mott MacDonald has helped Speedy Hire develop a simple but powerful way for customers to understand the #biodiversity impact of what they hire. To find out more about its new biodiversity impact score and how our teams are involved read on: https://mottm.ac/4btR7sd

Meet Rianne ✈️ As a Candidate Experience Coordinator for TUI fly, she’s the go-to person for candidates - making sure their journey is smooth, clear and positive 🤝 But her role goes beyond that… Rianne also partly joins the Global Recruitment Marketing team where she works on content, vlogs & creative ideas💡

When most people think about careers in nuclear, they tend to picture reactor designers or specialist engineers.  Natasha Khan’s story in Physics World shines a light on another critical role: the nuclear safety engineer.  Natasha studied physics, spent time in the charity sector working on climate action and social justice, then moved into nuclear safety with no previous experience. What made the difference were her transferable skills, curiosity and a willingness to learn.   If you're wondering if a nuclear safety role is for you, read Natasha’s story here: A physicist’s journey into nuclear energy – Physics World

Today for Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we're sharing CJ's story. CJ reminds us that when people are supported to be themselves, incredible things happen. At Virgin Media O2, embracing neurodiversity has helped CJ grow into a confident problem-solver, mentor partner and leader throughout his career journey as an engineer with us.

Big challenges rarely have simple answers.​ ​That’s why working with customers at Microsoft is built on strong partnerships – listening closely, solving problems together, and staying committed for the long term.​ ​When customers grow, teams grow with them. And the work becomes about shared progress, not one‑off solutions. This is what winning – and thriving – together really means.​ ​Ready for your next move?​ ​Discover what's possible at: Home | Microsoft Careers ​ #MicrosoftLife #MicrosoftCareersEMEA

Mott MacDonald has just achieved Clear Assured Platinum for our equality, diversity and inclusion work 🎉  This is an amazing achievement, especially because it was just three years ago that we gained our first accreditation.  If you’re interested in what it took to achieve this standard and what else is planned for this year to build on it, read Anna Sirmoglou’s piece: https://mottm.ac/4dfjZqC