The popular Newcastle-based bakers Greggs has teamed up with Gateshead College to launch a nationwide apprenticeship programme.
The apprentices will be trained in either retail management or retail services skills.
The bakers chose Gateshead College to help roll out its apprenticeship scheme after a competitive tendering process.
The apprentices following the retail...
Dominating the North East of England's news sources for decades are well known local newspapers like The Evening Chronicle, The Northern Echo, and The Journal.
But these 'local' publications are in fact owned by national and multinational media organisations.
For example, did you know the Evening Chronicle and The Journal is...
You might soon be able to enjoy a pint while watching a film below Newcastle’s streets in a plush underground cinema.
Everyman Cinemas has plans to open a two-screen venue beneath Newcastle’s Grey Street. The cinema would be in the basement of Earl Grey House, with its entrance behind Costa...
The Tyne and Wear Metro is recruiting its next generation of train drivers, who – after completing their training – will earn almost £35,500 a year.
You might think that’s a pretty good wage just for driving a train, but drivers will need to cope with unsocial hours, be comfortable...
A young business woman and Newcastle University graduate has been presented with an award by Prince Andrew.
Shantelle Million received her Young Entrepreneurs’ Award from the Duke of York in a recent ceremony at Huddersfield University.
Shantelle’s company, MiCarePlan, provides electronic systems for the care sector, making it easier for staff...
A report by the employers’ organisation the CBI has found that 60% of the north east’s businesses feel the region’s infrastructure is in need of improvement.
The same report claims, however, that if the local infrastructure was boosted, it could benefit the north east’s economy by £5.5 billion a...
Newcastle city centre's Science Central is a twenty-four-acre science and technology facility located on the old site of the Scottish & Newcastle brewery. The science hub is a £350 million pound investment in Newcastle University.
A recent plan to spend £29 million pounds on a new teaching & learning centre has...
A north-east tech company that helps customers organise events by finding them DJs, musicians, caterers and marques has just received a £120,000 boost.
Poptop, an online database, uses an algorithm to put party planners in touch with a wide variety of entertainers, services and products.
Poptop was set up by two...
The technology sector in the north east is booming, with high wages, growing companies and massive levels of investment pouring in. That’s the conclusion reached by two recently published reports.
The Tech Nation Report 2017, produced by the Tech City UK organisation, has – after assessing the tech sectors in...
Plans for the next phase of the redevelopment of Stephenson Quarter, in Newcastle city centre – which could lead to the creation of over 800 jobs – have been given the go-ahead.
The plans – to build the North East Futures University Technical College (UTC) and a six-storey office block...
