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September 7, 2022

Promoted

Managing the change: menopause and the workplace

With pressure mounting on the Government to increase support around menopause in the workplace, Lisa Kelly, partner in the employment team at leading independent law firm for business Muckle LLP, talks about how it is helping organisations break the…

October 26, 2021

Business & Economy

Construction and education need to work together for MMC to thrive

With skills shortages prevalent across many other sectors, it is not enough to depend on the government to implement change; the industry needs to collaborate end to end, from encouraging children to have aspirations in school, to ensuring the delivery of qualifications aligned to employers’ requirements.

September 1, 2021

Business & Economy

Newcastle’s UNW reveals Fern Rivett as new audit and assurance partner

A Chartered accountancy and business advisory firm has announced a senior promotion. Fern Rivett is now audit and assurance partner at Newcastle-based UNW. Her promotion takes the company’s total number of partners to thirteen. Fern began her career training with KPMG in…

December 22, 2021

Business & Economy

Wharton Construction continues to embrace apprenticeships as solution to labour shortage

Wharton Construction has grown its number of apprentices to three as it seeks to overcome the uncertainties caused by current shortages in the labour market.

May 11, 2021

Business & Economy

Newcastle-based Peacocks reveals next faces of clinical graduate programme

A medical operator has revealed the latest names on its annual training scheme. Newcastle-based Peacocks Medical Group has welcomed Jaska Stewart, Lavinia Nkomo, Maeve Cassidy and Elidh Geddes to its clinical graduate programme. Bosses say they will begin in July. Jaska will…

February 14, 2018

Business & Economy

Where there’s a welder there’s a way

Career focussed Sam Kilford and James Smout, apprentices at Jarrow-based UTS Engineering, have tested their leadership skills at the prestigious Cambridge Judge Business School 19-year-old Sam from Sunderland and 26-year-old James, from Whitley Bay, completed a two day course at…

January 17, 2022

Ideas & Observations

College leader collects honour for services to education

The Chief Executive of Education Partnership North East was invited to Windsor Castle to collect a prestigious Royal honour which recognised her services to education.