Business Support

Advancing the Competitiveness of NE Automotive SMEs (ACE SME) Programme

The ACE SME programme offers eligible SMEs support to expand business capability and a platform to connect to supply chain and business opportunities. SMEs will have access to support provided by the NEAA, senior industry leade

North East Automotive Alliance

Growth, SME

Advice for business owners

Looking for guidance and support as you break into new markets, prepare for business growth or expand your workforce? Through one-to-one appointments, we can help you to achieve your business growth plans and aspirations. We

PNE Enterprise

Advice, Growth, Recruitment

Advice for Pre-Starts

Have a business idea? Our expert team of business advisors can support you as you take the leap into self-employment. Through free, one-to-one appointments, we can support you to break the barriers when starting your new v

PNE Enterprise

Advice, Business planning, Self employment

Age Action Alliance Toolkit: Guidance for Managers

The Employer Toolkit is a new interactive resource, offering guidance for managers of older workers.  The information available details how employers can better manage their workforce.

Age Action Alliance

Fuller Working Lives

Age Audit Tool

The Age Audit Tool is a survey tool to help assess employee attitudes toward age in your organisation.

Acas North East

Fuller Working Lives

Analytical Services

Access to Durham University's extensive range of state-of-the-art research equipment and facilities.

Durham University

Innovation

Apprenticeship Ambassador Network (AAN)

The Ambassador Network is here not only to promote Apprenticeships but to share best practice, provide support and to mentor businesses that are keen to employ an apprentice or introduce Apprenticeships to their current workforce.

Apprenticeship Ambassador Network

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships in business and industry

If you’re looking to develop staff skills, increase business performance and improve productivity, Remit could have the solution for you! They help businesses recruit and train their teams through apprenticeships, wh

remit training

Apprenticeships, Recruitment

Apprenticeships in the North East

Supporting North East businesses in recruiting apprentices This section aims to help businesses to understand different types of apprenticeship, how apprenticeship reform is likely to affect them, and the nuts and bolts to cons

North East Local Enterprise Partnership (North East LEP)

Apprenticeships, Apprentice, Carillion

Apprenticeships, Training and Recruitment

Business Training Solutions provide training and services to employers across the North East including Apprenticeships, Traineeships, Employability, Bespoke and Higher Education courses. As a trading arm of Northumberland Colle

Northumberland College

Apprenticeships, Recruitment, Training

Association of Colleges Apprenticeships

AOC provides with an in-depth catalogue of all the most important updates and changes to the way apprenticeships operate.

AOC

Apprenticeships

Become an e-mentor

The Prince's Trust are currently looking for e-mentors to support young people on their online Enterprise and Employability programmes as part of a brand new digital learning platform, Prince's Trust Online. 

Prince's Trust

Knowledge Transfer, Mentor, Social enterprise