Developing the right skills for industry is essential for delivering more apprenticeships
The number of apprenticeships in the North East is rising. They are increasingly recognised by businesses as a way to build a strong and skilled workforce, and more young people are looking to them as a way to start and…
Digital Catapult Centre opens its doors to help businesses unlock value from data
The Digital Catapult, a national centre to rapidly advance the UK’s best digital ideas, has opened its new local centre in the North East of…
Growth for North East exports
The recent announcement from UKTI that North East exports have continued to grow, despite a fall in exports nationally, is fantastic news for the region.…
Enterprise Hub Launches in Hexham
Businesses in Hexham will benefit from a new Enterprise Hub following its official launch this week. The new hub will expand the existing enterprise activity…
Skills for the future, key to building our world-leading innovation profile
Professor Roy Sandbach, Chair of the North East LEP Innovation Board, reflects on the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement of the Northern Futures University Technical…
Government gives green light to North East’s employer-led University Technical College
A pioneering, employer-driven learning institution aimed at putting the North East at the centre of the UK’s science and technology industry today won Government approval.…
North East Growth Deal signed as Newcastle’s Science Central is launched
One of the biggest urban regeneration projects of its kind in the UK was officially launched today by Minister for Universities, Science & Cities, the…
Marketing firm helps North East LEP enhance its brand and digital communications
Newcastle-based Horizonworks develops new website and creative design work for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (North East LEP)…
Swedish tech pioneer to lead North East LEP’s major innovation programme
The entrepreneurial driving force behind one of Scandinavia’s most successful science parks has been appointed to lead forward a huge innovation programme in the North…