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National Apprenticeship Week: Optionis trainees set for challenge
Trainees at a Cheshire-headquartered professional services group will get a taste of TV shows The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den thanks to a National Apprenticeship Week challenge. More than 25...
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Project helps small businesses invest in staff
A new project has been launched with the aim of helping small businesses in the Leeds City Region invest in developing the skills of their workforce. The first of its kind in the region to be...
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North East PR man takes Institute of Directors role
Regional PR and marketing entrepreneur Graham Robb has been appointed chairman of the Institute of Directors North East. The owner of Recognition Marketing and PR, succeeds Alastair Thomson, Dean of...
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Shop front project tackles Newcastle youth unemployment
A project run from a shop front in Newcastle’s Newgate Shopping Centre is helping to tackle youth unemployment in the city. The ‘Space 2…’ project, a youth centre run by the YMCA and financed by NE1,...
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Businesses set to illuminate the Stadium of Light
Image source: liam_swinney Hundreds of businesses are set to Illuminate Sunderland’s Stadium of Light at an enterprising event to get more city firms to work together. Illuminate Sunderland will run...
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FSB collaborates with South Yorkshire colleges to combat youth unemployment
Image source: H_Elise The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in South Yorkshire has "great concern" for the issues surrounding youth unemployment and is collaborating with colleges in Barnsley and...
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Redcar and Cleveland SMEs could win £4k export help
SMEs in Cleveland and Redcar could win £4k of exporting help from experts at UKTI through a new competition. The Get Set to Export competition aims to encourage businesses to reach new markets, and is...
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This week’s North East appointments
Two North East professionals have been appointed to senior roles within the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the national body for public relations professionals. Stephen Waddington...
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This week’s Yorkshire appointments
Image source: Victor1558 Langleys Solicitors, Tamsin Cooper, Ian Torkington, Wendy Forrester Tamsin Cooper takes up a new role as director of risk and compliance, responsible for strengthening risk...
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Growth in jobs could slow
Growth in jobs could slow down just as the recovery takes hold, a survey of over 1,000 employers has suggested. Research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shows the rate of...
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Young Newcastle entrepreneur pens first book
Young Newcastle-based marketer and writer Dominic Tarn has recently become a published author. His first book, The New Goldrush: A Quick Guide to Startups, takes an in depth look at the world of the...
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Chance to be mentored by YO! Sushi founder and former Dragon
Businesspeople have the chance to win a month’s worth of mentoring from YO! Sushi founder and former Dragons’ Den investor Simon Woodroffe. A new competition from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and...
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Mixing enterprise and education: behind a new model of learning at Excelsior...
Newcastle’s business and enterprise academy school recently launched a fashion diploma to help its students capitalise on the £20 billion UK fashion industry. Ammar Mirza, a joint founder of the...
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Lucy Armstrong becomes visiting professor at Newcastle University
One of the North East’s most respected business leaders, Lucy Armstrong, has been announced as the 11th David Goldman Visiting Professor of Innovation and Enterprise. The David Goldman Endowment was...
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Sophie Haagensen joins LEP as deputy director
The North East Local Enterprise Partnership has appointed former Department for Work and Pensions woman Sophie Haagensen as deputy director. Sophie will play a key part in implementing the LEP’s...
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Leeds LEP team up with UKTI to pilot international student scheme
Image source: Teacher McKinley The Leeds City Region is attempting to build trade relationships with overseas markets through a programme linking international students with regional businesses....
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North West cleaning firm secure Merseyside bars contract & talk...
Image source: Eric The Fish (2013) A North West cleaning firm have continued their successful start to 2014 by securing the cleaning contract for a group of popular Merseyside bars. JCS Cleaning NW...
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Misplaced management priorities fuel sickie culture
Yorkshire’s workers are feeling unloved by their employers, a new survey by Investors in People has found. Over half (55%) of full-time employees in Yorkshire feel their employer doesn’t care about...
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York Science Park’s newest tenant completes £7 million worth of projects
York Science Park’s Expresso Properties has completed over £7m worth of projects since moving into the Park’s incubation space, Springboard, last summer. Expresso Properties is a division of Expresso...
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Logistics firm takes on Sheffield parcel franchise
Image source: katerha Seymour Enterprises Ltd, which operates various businesses within distribution, logistics and ground transportation sectors, has taken on the Sheffield franchise of parcel...
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