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Supporting the skills needs for our region

DEVELOPING a skills partnership approach, the North East Tourism Strategic Alliance (NETSA) has joined forces to combat the skills shortages within the region. Read

First Alcan Wansbeck Business Awards celebrate the 'change makers'

MORE than 300 people attended the first ever Alcan Wansbeck Business Awards, which was was held in one of the new industrial units on Ashwood Business Park, Ashington, in September. Read

Raising young people’s aspirations

THE Government has this month set out its new strategy to raise the education participation age to 17 by 2013 and 18 by 2015. Read

Pilot programme sees results for employers

IF you’ve got a vacancy you just can’t fill, have you thought about contacting one of North East England’s three pilot programmes that are helping people to get off incapacity benefit and back to work? Read

New boost for long-term Middlesbrough jobless

The recently-launched New Ways to Opportunities project, which is being supported by the NEEC, is already seeing huge success, having signed 130 clients in fewer than three months. Read

Panel endorses the Passionate About Employment campaign

Cay Stratton, director of the National Employment Panel was delighted to endorse the Passionate About Employment campaign. Read

Are you an equal employer?

Equality North East is pleased to announce the launch of the 2007 North East Equality Awards. Once again, it is looking for those organisations and individuals throughout the region who strive to ensure that good equality and diversity practices are implemented in the workplace. Read

Employing older workers

Employers were invited recently to a breakfast meeting held by Age Concern and partner organisations to discuss the topic of employing older workers. Read

What does the Leitch report mean to you?

The report released in December 2006 by Lord Sandy Leitch makes clear and radical recommendations to make the UK a world leader in skills by 2020, by creating a simplified demand-led system, increasing levels of employer engagement and embedding a culture of learning. Read

More than 150 employers sign Skills Pledge

On June 14 2007, more than 150 leading employers from across England met with government ministers in central London to make a public Skills Pledge to train all their staff. Read

Help us make campaign a success

This Passionate About Employment supplement marks the start of a 12-month campaign aimed at regional employers. Read

Employers at the heart of the Regional Employability Framework

The draft Regional Employability Framework (REF), which was launched in December 2006, outlines plans to deliver a more effective service to individuals and employers. Read

Go forward into a call centre career

Following on from a very successful pilot in 2004/2005, Go-Forward, the pre-employment training programme for contact centres, has been launched across the North-East. City of Sunderland College, in partnership with Contact Centre Professional and Stockton Riverside College, will deliver the training. Targeting the most disadvantaged clients, all graduates are guaranteed an interview with a local employer and will hopefully take up one of the many vacancies available. Read

New face to enhance experience of Jobcentre Plus and its customers

Dom Brankin has taken up the post of Jobcentre Plus customer service director for the North-East to oversee the "customer experience" of every Jobcentre Plus customer in the region. Read

The SME challenge: Top five questions

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need help and support to ensure they have access to all of the support services available to them. Through consultation with employers and business support organisations, Jobcentre Plus has adopted new approaches to help this happen, but it is clear that many directors and HR managers are still not aware of the range of support we can provide. Read