An engineering consultancy that has worked on high-profile regeneration schemes around the country has pledged its support for an innovative scheme designed to attract new talent into the built environment industry.

The Education Minister Michelle Donelan was in the region yesterday (10 October) to visit Gateshead College to see how they are preparing for the introduction of new qualifications called T Levels.

A programme to attract new talent into the financial services sector has started recruiting for its seventh cohort of students. Wealth management company Brewin Dolphin teamed up with Gateshead College in 2017 to invest in apprenticeships for the first time, hiring three business administration trainees to work in its business support division.

A well-respected business leader has been appointed chairman of the country’s number one-ranked college.

The top North East college has achieved double success in a prestigious national awards scheme that celebrates the positive business impact of outstanding skills development programmes.