Staff, students and partners at Gateshead College are celebrating after being recognised as the best-performing college in the North East for the fourth year running, as well as the second top in the country.

A Durham fishing business is reeling in additional sales after benefiting from a free training scheme that’s designed to boost business performance for North East companies.

New security staff at Newcastle International Airport are flying high after completing  training funded through the Go>Grow scheme.

A North East college has joined forces with a top championship basketball club to help the brightest business brains gain valuable employment skills and work experience.

A talented automotive student from North Tyneside has made it to the finals of an international competition designed to showcase the skills of young people on the world stage.

Five budding young chefs have been gaining valuable work experience by serving up special lunches this winter for older residents living at a sheltered housing scheme in County Durham.

An engineering giant has championed an innovative training scheme as a way of boosting the uptake of apprenticeships and helping the region’s manufacturing industry build sustainable workforces for the future.

School children from across Tyneside have been given the opportunity to discover more about careers in a range of subjects including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), after Gateshead College opened its doors to two of its campuses.

Holiday Inn Washington has teamed up with a North East college as part of a global training initiative to give students an insight in to the hospitality and events sector.

An initiative to upskill workforces and boost productivity across the North East has hit a major milestone, delivering free training to more than ten thousand people.