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As National Facilitator: Careers Education for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), it’s a privilege to attend the launch of National Careers Week in London today (Monday 5 March) and to address the National Careers Guidance show in Leeds on 8 March.

Both events give me a great opportunity to share the amazing progress that has been made by schools and colleges across the North East LEP area in relation to implementing the eight benchmarks of ‘Good Career Guidance’.

I can’t overstate the importance of high quality careers education and guidance; empowering young people to explore their futures and make informed decisions about the routes and pathways they wish to take.

Careers education is vital for social mobility, but it is also an economic necessity – supporting our young people to progress through education and training into more and better jobs.

Spreading the word

Of course a key question is how we ensure that each and every young person knows what options exist for them.

How can we expose them to a range of workplaces, education and training establishments and how can we help them develop the professional networks that will help them progress?

The answer is by providing superb careers guidance within schools and colleges.

National Careers Week gives us a fantastic opportunity to share and celebrate the brilliant things that our schools, colleges, businesses and enterprise advisers across the region are doing to implement our North East Ambition programme.

With over 130 schools and nine Further Education colleges all working towards achieving the benchmarks and over 120 business leaders signed up as enterprise advisers, we truly are leading the way – providing meaningful encounters for thousands of young people and providing innovative solutions to traditional problems.

We’ve been practicing what we preach at the North East LEP, by hosting work experience placements for sixth form students; offering extended placements for Special Educational Needs and Disability students; networking with Enterprise Advisers; delivering presentations in schools and developing projects between educators and business leaders that can be delivered within and beyond the classroom.

Events, activities and case studies – please get in touch!

Whether you are running an interactive careers fair, providing work experience, bringing employers in to support curriculum delivery or you’re a teacher spending time in industry – we want to shine a light on the great work that you are doing.

If you have any exciting activities and events planned, please let us know by emailing [email protected] or tagging us @northeastlep and we’ll share the information on social media. There is also the potential to profile your work as a case study on our website.

Please don’t forget to use the official hashtag #NCW2018 when you tweet and also tag us @northeastlep #NorthEastAmbition

A project manager has been appointed to support the delivery of a ground-breaking education programme.

Neil Willis will lead the North East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Education Challenge.

The role will see Neil spearhead the Next Generation Learning project, which aims to reduce the gap between the region’s best and lowest performing secondary schools and improve social mobility in our young people.

Neil brings extensive experience to the role, having spent 16 years as a science teacher and in senior leadership in secondary schools in the North East.

In 2016, he began working across schools as an Education Consultant, developing projects including STEM-specific provision through the National STEM Centre, teacher training and CPD, faculty improvement and school improvement.

Over the past two years, Neil has been involved in North East Futures University Technical College (UTC), which saw him build a significant amount of partnerships with regional industry to enrich the curriculum and bring industry into the classroom.

Newcastle University graduate Neil said: “I am very excited to play a part in shaping the education landscape and driving change through the LEP’s Education Challenge.

“Building on the success of Gatsby Foundation’s Career Benchmarks, the Education Challenge will support teachers, schools, governors and leaders to integrate careers learning into the curriculum to ensure those entering the workforce in the future have the skill level to support our diverse economy and are fully aware of the progression routes available to make this happen.”

The appointment comes after the North East LEP area was selected by Ford Next Generation Learning and The Edge Foundation as the first area internationally to translate elements of the successful ‘Academies of Nashville’ model to the UK.

The Academies of Nashville model transformed attendance, attainment and progression by placing employers and business partners alongside teachers and school leaders to develop highly personalised approaches to progression.

The Next Generation Learning project aims to replicate this success.

Michelle Rainbow, Skills Director at the North East LEP, said: “The North East is leading the way when it comes to implementing outstanding careers provision within education.

“Neil brings with him vast skills and experience, which will be a great asset to furthering the aims of the Education Challenge. We are delighted to welcome him to the team.”

We caught up with Claire Wedderman, Regional Manager at Inspiring Governance, the online matching service that connects skilled volunteers to schools with governor vacancies. Claire talked to us about the benefits of becoming a school governor:

Whether you’re looking to develop your skills or contribute to the issues that you feel passionately about, becoming a school governor demonstrates a commitment to the success of young people in the region whilst growing your own strategic leadership skills. Recruiting skilled governors is more difficult in rural, urban or deprived areas and in those schools that ‘require improvement’, so there are opportunities to make a real difference. There are 250,000 people across the country who are already participating, so why not join them in 2018?

At Inspiring Governance we are the free online matching service that connects skilled volunteers to schools with governor vacancies. We work with employers from all industries in order to source suitable volunteers with a desire to share their workplace skills with the local community. Once matched, we provide new volunteers with free support and training to guide you through your first year in the role.

Here in the North East, our region’s schools are facing cuts to their funding, teacher shortages in certain subjects and more crowded classrooms than their Southern counterparts. We believe that having the right people on school governing boards is the first step in tackling such issues, and that by working with schools, recruiting boards and volunteers, we can ensure each school benefits from our free matching service. We are already working with Universities, businesses and Civil Service departments in the region, who are all encouraging their staff to become governors. However, there are so many North East schools with vacancies, that we need more businesses to support our recruitment drive, and use this opportunity to develop their team.

Jacqui Sugden, Clerk at Churchill Community College in North Tyneside is one recruiter who has successfully appointed through Inspiring Governance. She said: “The site has been very helpful in recruiting new governors with the right skills to match the governing body’s needs. The objective, professional approach that these new governors provide is invaluable.”

The best governing bodies are professional, with members who have the knowledge and background to effectively challenge senior leaders. The wide range of skills sought by schools in the North East means that you or your colleagues could be great candidates for school governance. Schools need volunteers with backgrounds in finance, HR, and operations, and of course people from the diverse industries in the region, such as the growing digital sector, health and life sciences and energy, offshore and subsea engineering who are able to challenge and hold senior leadership to account.

Jack Footman, Council Officer who has recently been appointed to a school said: “I decided to pursue a governor role in order to support a school to deliver the best possible outcomes for young people. So far it’s been an excellent experience as I’ve learnt from experienced and passionate governors, as well as seeing a good school continue to progress to outstanding. Inspiring Governance linked me to a school that matches my ambitions very efficiently and have been really supportive throughout.”

Volunteers find that giving their time to school governance has a tangible impact on their board-level skills, developing their abilities in strategic planning, chairing, financial planning, and team working, all of which are valued by employers and can assist your own career development. Combined with the opportunity to make a real difference in your community, school governance is a win-win volunteering role.

Volunteer Matt Vickers, Senior Consultant at Abbott Risk Consulting said: “I wanted to become a School Governor to help give something back to the community, and hopefully be able to get a good understanding of how schooling works. I’m hoping that decisions made now, may help to shape things for my young son’s educational future.”

We believe that effective governance is crucial to closing the attainment gap, part of the North East LEP’s Education Challenge.

Strong governing boards provide confident, strategic leadership and robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.

If you’d like to know more about Inspiring Governance, volunteering as a governor or setting up an employer scheme please visit our website – www.inspiringgovernance.org – or contact me direct via the email address [email protected]

To register as an employer, volunteer, or recruiting governor please visit: www.inspiringgovernance.org

The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has today welcomed the news that the Government’s new Careers Strategy will centre around the eight Gatsby Good Career Guidance Benchmarks piloted here in the North East.

In September 2015, sixteen schools and colleges within the North East LEP area became the first in the UK to test the benchmarks, designed to equip the next generation with the skills needed by employers.

Within a year the North East LEP’s groundbreaking work in rolling out this pilot had attracted national acclaim.

Andrew Hodgson, chair of the North East LEP, said: “Good career guidance is crucial for social mobility. We are delighted to see the Good Career Guidance Benchmarks front and centre of the Government’s national careers strategy.

“After piloting this approach in the North East over the past two years, and with over 100 schools now working to achieve the Benchmarks, we are seeing the hugely positive impact they can make to each and every pupil in schools and colleges.”

Michelle Rainbow, Skills Director for the North East LEP said: “I’d like to thank Gatsby for trusting in us to deliver the pilot and for recognising the North East LEP’s ability to influence national education policy.

“I’d also like to thank those schools and colleges who were initially involved through the pilot and to those who have since shown their support by signing up. The scale of the project has been critical in demonstrating the transformative power of the eight Gatsby benchmarks.

“Finally it’s important to recognise the team at the North East LEP who have worked tirelessly to roll out this initiative. Through our collaborative approach we have been able to demonstrate the resounding success of the Gatsby Good Career Guidance Benchmarks on a national level and showcase the excellent practice taking place here in the region.”

The Careers Strategy is backed by £4m of funding and includes a dedicated careers leader in all schools and colleges in the country to ensure people have access to the best careers support, giving them the best possible start to their professional life.

Sir John Holman, senior advisor to the Gatsby Foundation and author of the Gatsby Career Benchmark report, said: “Good Career Guidance is the key to social mobility. For young people coming from a background of low socioeconomic aspirations, school career guidance is their best hope of charting the way to a rewarding future career.

“We now know, from our international study and from the work of career guidance experts, what makes for good career guidance: it is described by the eight Gatsby benchmarks which have been shown by the pilot in the North East of England to have such a powerful positive effect in schools and colleges.

“I am very pleased that the Department for Education has put these benchmarks at the heart of its strategy.”

The North East LEP’s national facilitator for the Career Benchmarks Pilot, Ryan Gibson, said: “Since the North East became the first UK region to pilot the Good Career Guidance Benchmarks, the approach has proved to be transformational for careers guidance in our schools and colleges.

“At the pilot’s start, no UK school was achieving more than five benchmarks and 50% of schools and colleges in this region weren’t achieving any at all. Now 88% of our schools and colleges are achieving six to eight, with every single one achieving a minimum of four – the benchmarks are a vital part of our plan to ensure that every young person in the North East can make a successful transition into their future career.”

More information on the new Careers Strategy can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/careers-guidance-for-modern-country-unveiled.

Details of the eight Gatsby Career Benchmarks can be found here: www.goodcareerguidance.org.uk

For more information about the North East LEP’s Skills programme, please visit www.nelep.co.uk.

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A delegation of education experts from Ford Next Generation Learning in the USA is visiting schools in the North East, as the region prepares to become the first place outside America to implement a new model of learning that has transformed the way in which young people learn and achieve across Nashville and more than 30 other school districts.

During their visit, the group will be meeting students and teachers at Newcastle’s Excelsior Academy, Churchill Community College in Wallsend and Norham High School in North Shields, as well as senior leaders from the CBI and the North East Local Enterprise Partnership.

Michelle Rainbow, Skills Director at the North East LEP, said: “In 2005, a number of secondary schools in Nashville implemented what is known as The Academies of Nashville model. It’s a style of learning which places employer engagement at its heart, helping students to gain skills and experience that will equip them for the world of work.

We are working closely with schools and businesses in the USA to adapt elements of this model for the North East, with the ultimate aim of creating closer links between our schools and business community and helping young people make a successful transition into their careers.”

The Academies Nashville model resulted in an almost 23% rise in high school graduation rates since 2005, and significant improvements in attainment, discipline and attendance.

The model has since been successfully adopted by more than 30 US school districts and now the North East has been selected to be the first place outside the USA to translate the model internationally.

This week’s visit is part of a knowledge exchange which saw representatives from the North East LEP and three North East schools travel to Nashville earlier in the year, along with colleagues from education charity the Edge Foundation, which is leading the project, and Ford Next Generation Learning.

In the Academies of Nashville model, as well as studying core subjects, students enter a ‘Career Academy’ within their school. In the ‘Academy’ all learning is set within applied contexts and students can complete courses which relate to specific sectors which they are interested in, from engineering to healthcare, as well as work-based placements and projects with employers.

More than 350 businesses are partnered with the Academies of Nashville, and teachers spend time completing ‘externships’ – placements in industry directly working with an employer and developing cross-curricular projects for use in school.

Olly Newton, Director of Policy and Research at the Edge Foundation said: “We seek out leading educational models from around the world that help really prepare young people for success in their lives and careers.

Building on the fantastic work that the North East has already done on the career benchmark pilots and learning from the Academies of Nashville, we will help create a transformational model here that motivates young people by connecting their learning directly to the world of work. This will be an inspiration to schools across England and beyond.“

Craig Taylor, Excelsior Academy Executive Principal, said: “Excelsior Academy is delighted to welcome our friends from Nashville to learn more about the importance we place on careers provision and partnerships with business to give our students the best possible start to their working lives. We are proud to work closely with the North East LEP as part of the Gatsby Foundation Careers Benchmarks pilot programme, putting best practice in place within Excelsior Academy.“

Michelle Rainbow added: “This is a valuable opportunity for us to share best practice and work collaboratively with our peers in the USA. They have shown that the Academies of Nashville model can dramatically improve students’ attainment and we will be working with schools and businesses here to make sure that we adapt and implement elements of this model which could make a real difference for our young people.”

The ‘Next Generation Learning’ project is part of the North East LEP’s Education Challenge, which aims to reduce the gap between the region’s best and lowest performing schools and to target that all schools in the North East achieve ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ OFSTED rating.

The North East LEP will be working with schools to trial elements of the Academies of Nashville model from September 2018.

The State of the Nation 2017: Careers and Enterprise Provision in England’s Schools report published by the Careers & Enterprise Company is a great reminder of the role the North East has played in shaping careers education across the UK.

Here the North East LEP’s national facilitator for the Career Benchmarks Pilot, Ryan Gibson, talks through achievements to date and how the North East LEP has played such a central role in helping to shape this national agenda.

In September 2015, sixteen schools and colleges within the North East LEP area became the first in the UK to pilot a new careers guidance scheme, designed to equip the next generation with the skills employers need.

Launched at the LEP’s offices, The Career Benchmarks Pilot was a bold move, but one we were confident in. The programme saw the introduction of eight benchmarks for good careers guidance, with the ambition of increasing the ambitions of pupils, closing the skills gap and improving social mobility.

The Benchmarks were a huge success and a year later rolled out more widely by the Gatsby Foundation, which initiated and funded the scheme. Today’s State of the Nation 2017: Careers and Enterprise Provision in England’s Schools report looks at how well schools have performed nationwide in 2016/17, drawing on data drawn from a self-evaluation tool for schools called Compass, a tool we played a central role in developing.

Here in the North East, we’ve a lot to shout about. At the pilot’s start, no school in the UK was achieving more than five benchmarks and 50% of schools and colleges in this region weren’t achieving any at all. Now 88% of our schools and colleges are achieving between six to eight, with every single one achieving a minimum of four.

Our schools and colleges have made rapid progress in a short period of time and have attracted international interest.

Engagement the key to success

One of the reasons the Benchmarks have been so transformational in the North East, is the high level of engagement in careers that exists here.

Take the launch of North East Ambition, which in July brought together 300 head teachers, senior leaders, careers leaders, governors and business leaders. Those present committed to supporting North East schools and colleges in adopting, implementing and achieving the Good Career Guidance benchmarks.

As part of this, 96 career leaders signed up to attend the first Regional Careers Leader Network Meeting, supported by all seven Local Authorities.

Over 120 senior business leaders have signed up to be Enterprise Advisers – working strategically with the leadership teams of individual schools and colleges, forming mutually beneficial partnerships.

We are seeing careers education locally totally transform thanks to this stakeholder buy in and strong relationships between academia and the business community.

Pioneering and sharing best practice

As the North East’s reputation for pioneering the way in education grows, so does interest in our work.

We now regularly share best practice nationally and internationally, hosting visits by individual schools, multi-academy trusts, local authorities and international foundations.

This work has produced over 100 case studies of good practice, which will be available in physical and digital form across the country in the next few months, showcasing innovative approaches to overcoming traditional issues.

North East LEP representatives are speaking at The National Careers Education Summit, World Skills UK, Royal Society’s Diversity Conference, National Careers Show, CDI National Conference and the UCAS National Conference all in the next two months.

18 leading professionals from schools and colleges in the North East LEP region have been selected to be national advocates for the career benchmarks – reflecting their outstanding practice.

Just last year I was awarded UK Career Educator of the Year by the Careers Development Institute in recognition of our leading role in this field, something I am immensely proud of.

Under North East Ambition, we have developed a range of resources to support schools and colleges in the region. These include:

Regional Careers Leader Network
Enterprise Adviser Network
LMI videos and supporting toolkit
Working Groups
Opportunities Bulletin
Career Benchmarks Audit / Action Plan Tool
Directory of Provision

We will continue to work closely with the Department of Education to influence and support the development of a new national careers strategy. Here, the career benchmarks have been integrated within our Strategic Economic Plan for the region, which is unique across the country, but we hope to encourage others to follow suit. The approach is equally crucial to implementing our social mobility strategy, something our Skills Director, Michelle Rainbow, is passionate about – she thrives to develop an area where we work with each and every young person and where no one is left behind.

Today’s report underlines how critical strong careers and enterprise provision is to opening up careers choices to young people and to helping our economy flourish. We look forward to continuing to play such a central part in this agenda, firmly putting the north East on the map as an exemplar in career guidance.

The success of a North East careers guidance pilot will be shared across Europe.

The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) region is the first in the country to pilot the eight National Career Benchmarks identified by Sir John Holman and the Gatsby Foundation.

Sixteen schools and colleges in the North East LEP area took part in the pilot, which comprises two years of intensive careers activity with schools, colleges and local businesses as well as four years of data collection, gathered and analysed by an independent evaluator.

Now the North East will welcome visitors from Fundación Bertelsmann, a Barcelona-based organisation that aims to improve employment opportunities for young people through projects including projects in career-guidance and Dual Vocational Education.

The visitors are hoping to learn lessons from the Gatsby Benchmarks to help inform their programmes.

Ryan Gibson, national facilitator for the Career Benchmarks Pilot at North East LEP, said: “Good career guidance is vital if young people are to reach their potential and make the most of the opportunities available to them.

“The schools and colleges involved in the pilot have made fantastic progress and we’re delighted that there is now international interest in our work.

“The Fundación Bertelsmann is interested in our strategic approach and how every school is working to the same framework. They are keen to understand how the Gatsby career benchmarks framework is being disseminated across the UK to schools, across regions and nationally through policy work, partnership working and the Compass audit tool.

“The visit really is testament to the success of the pilot and we hope the lessons we share can in turn help young people across Spain.”

The eight Benchmarks were generated following a research project conducted by Sir John Holman and his team. They identified the key elements of good career guidance. It is hoped the framework will now be rolled out nationally.

The two-day visit will see the Spanish delegates welcomed to the North East LEP headquarters to learn how the Benchmarks have been put into action in schools and colleges, and the impact of the framework on career education.

Sir John Holman, author of the Good Career Guidance Report, will lead a discussion on careers guidance.

The delegates will also attend sessions at Newcastle High School for Girls, Castleview Enterprise Academy, in Sunderland, and Harton Technology College, in South Tyneside.

They will talk to teachers and staff responsible for the guidance activities on an operational and strategic level to understand how career guidance is organised within our schools, the role of external partners, the role of parents and families, and how to overcome obstacles in implementing career guidance activities.

The visit will also see the Fundación Bertelsmann representatives travel to London to learn more about the Gatsby Foundation, the Careers and Enterprise Company and the Compass tool.

Beth Jones, Gatsby Foundation: “The schools and colleges involved in piloting the Gatsby benchmarks have shown us what excellent career guidance can look like. We are really pleased that the North East LEP are able to give the Fundación Bertelsmann the opportunity to learn from their great work.”

The Benchmarks have been scaled up in the North East region as part of North East Ambition, which is a commitment to ensure all schools and colleges across the region can benefit from adopting the framework.

(Pictured: Sir John Holman, Denis Heaney, Helen Golightly, Dawn Bewick, Juan Juarez, Hannes Brandt.)

The North East has been chosen as the first place outside the USA to implement a new model of learning which has succeeded in dramatically raising student attainment in schools across the USA.

In 2005, 12 secondary schools across Nashville implemented a new approach to learning which places employer engagement at the heart of students’ education, resulting in an almost 23% rise in graduation rates since then and significant improvements in attainment, discipline and attendance.

The Academies of Nashville model has since been successfully adopted by more than 30 US school districts and now the North East has been selected to be the first place outside the USA to translate the model internationally.

Ryan Gibson, National Facilitator for Careers Education at the North East LEP, explained: “We have been selected by The Edge Foundation, an independent education charity, to work with schools and businesses in Nashville and the North East to see how the region could benefit from this approach to learning, which has transformed 12 of the lowest performing schools in the US into some of the highest.”

Representatives from the North East LEP will travel to Nashville with The Edge Foundation, Ford Next Generation Learning, the CBI and teachers and careers leads from three North East schools. During their five-day visit, they will meet students, teachers, businesses and other key people who were involved in transforming Nashville’s school system.

Later in the year, a delegation from Nashville will visit the North East.

In the Academies of Nashville model, as well as studying core subjects, students enter a ‘Career Academy’ within their school. In the ‘Academy’ all learning is set within applied contexts and students can complete courses which relate to specific professions which they are interested in, from engineering to healthcare, as well as work-based placements and projects with employers.

“Students in Nashville learn in a practical, hands-on way, and the system helps them to see the relevance of their studies to their future careers,” said Ryan.

“We’re not planning to simply replicate exactly what has been done in Nashville. We will be looking carefully at which elements could work for schools and employers in the North East and then working together to develop and trial these in schools from September 2018 onwards.

“Long term, we hope to raise attainment for students and put business needs at the centre of education, helping young people make a successful transition into their careers and secure more and better jobs.”

Edge Foundation Chief Executive, Alice Barnard, commented: “Edge is committed to finding examples of best education practice across the world which will enable young people to fulfil their potential and enjoy rewarding careers. We’re delighted to be working with the North East LEP to share those elements of Nashville which will most benefit schools in the region”.

Deon Krishnan, Assistant Principal of Excelsior College, said: “We are delighted to be invited as part of the delegation to Nashville as well as being a lead pilot collaborating school in the UK. This is directly on the back of our recent Gatsby Benchmark successes within the Academy.

“We have an excellent careers, education, information and guidance infrastructure in place so that students from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 5 benefit from a vast array of activities, support and, since September 2017, dedicated curriculum time.

“We are looking to learn about strategy and practicalities from within the Nashville model especially around engaging business into our school curriculum. Of course, we also hoping to showcase Excelsior’s excellent progress and attainment when our American friends come on their fact finding mission later this year.”

Michelle Rainbow, Skills Director at the North East LEP, said: “As part of the Education Challenge we have been researching international examples of good practice in raising attainment in schools through high quality business engagement in education.

“The Academies of Nashville approach has proven to be one of the most impactful models globally and we will work with three schools and business partners in the region to test elements of this successful model and adapt it for the English education system.”

This week the North East LEP held an event with the CIPD North East on unlocking the value of the older workforce – the first of its kind in the UK. Here our Skills Director Michelle Rainbow reports back.

Retrain, regain and retain – three words which are already critical to the success of every organisation.

With an ageing population; fewer younger people entering the labour market; and a drop in the number of skilled workers entering the country due to Brexit, it is more important than ever that employers look to the over 50s to help them drive their businesses forward.

And this is why the North East LEP held an event for employers investigating how those aged over 50 can help them succeed.

The government sees the older workforce as a priority

Here at the North East LEP we have long been advocating the Fuller Working Lives approach set by the Government, which sees the UK’s ageing workforce as an economic priority.

It’s a critical area for action. According to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) employers are aware in general of an ageing population, but an ageing workforce is not yet a prominent concern and only few employers are taking active steps to change their policies and practices to take this into account.

NIESR’s 2017 findings that having more older workers does not impact on workplace financial performance or quality of outputs will play a key part in challenging bias and increasingly the appeal of this valuable talent pool.

It makes commercial sense

There are a range of benefits to employing and retaining older workers, from increased loyalty and productivity to lower recruitment costs as staff churn reduces.

It doesn’t stop there though. Age diverse workplaces benefit from a range of experiences, ideas and ways of thinking. As one of our panelists Di Keller from Sage plc noted, diversity of age is critical if an organisation is to offer products and services relevant to their audiences.

Get involved with our pilot

We expect interest and engagement with the Fuller Working Lives agenda to continue to rise. In light of this, the North East LEP is working with the DWP and National Careers Service (NCS) to explore how the NCS could provide individuals with better careers and skills advice and how this might have an impact on the retention, retraining and recruitment of workers aged 50 and over.

Participating employers will have free access to help and assistance, including an on-site visit designed to help them manage and skill an ageing workforce – and much more.

If you’d like more information about how the pilot could benefit your business, please contact Jill Greatorex at NCS on 0191 731 4750 – all you have to do is quote North East LEP when you call.

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