This event is designed for businesses and organisations to come along and find out more about the programmes and initiatives that the North East LEP delivers and how they can get involved. The North East LEP worked with businesses to write the North East Strategic Economic Plan, we have now developed a range of programmes…
Month: December 2017
Sankta Lucia comes to Hexham
via Sankta Lucia comes to Hexham to share Swedish Christmas magic.
County Durham apprentices visit Germany
As part of the ERASMUS+ programme, five County Council apprentices were able to travel to the county’s partner city in Germany and investigate its approach to urban regeneration and economic development. Over two weeks they took part in seminars, meetings, site visits and undertook personal research to get a better understanding of the German way…
Beat the rat race
Over 90 young people, their teachers and university undergraduates joined us for our annual invitation to Beat the Rat race at Newcastle University. Pupils from across the North East region grilled business people who use languages in the workplace. Pupils’ comments included : ‘It was very enlightening’ ‘So interesting to hear from real-life linguists’ ‘Very…