A North Tyneside accountancy firm is finding that apprenticeships add-up for them as they recruit two new trainees, with support from a government grant. Sadler Joyce, based in Whitley Bay, took advantage of £1,500 of funding to take on accounting apprentice, Emma Savage. And they were so...

Gateshead company Access Training is expanding, with the recruitment of two new staff. The Team Valley based firm has appointed Nicola McKegney as employer and training adviser and Alex Meredith as training adviser to drive forward its unemployed provision. Alex, from Chester-le-Street, is a...

Access Training are proud to support the 2013 Apprenticeship Challenge (started on 22 April), organised by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) and promoted through Capital Radio. The Challenge is to encourage as many employers as possible to recruit as many apprentices as possible over...

WIN a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2!     To celebrate the launch of our Apprenticeship in Social Media & Digital Marketing, we’re giving away a fantastic Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. Click here to enter our Twitter competition – to validate your entry you must then share the...

Companies keen to know how tweets, fans and followers can boost their bottom line are to get a helping hand as a new Social Media Apprenticeship is launched. Access Training has introduced the course in response to an increasing number of SMEs that recognise the value of using social media as...

Access Training has expanded into County Durham with the buyout of a Durham training provider.  Gateshead based Access Training has announced the acquisition of Durham Training which has a training centre in Chester-le-Street. Established in 1989 from the management buyout of English Estates...

Northumberland’s largest manufacturing company is investing in its future workforce by developing a brand new apprentice facility and training 11 new apprentices. EGGER, which employs over 550 people at its Hexham plant where it manufactures chipboard products, will open a dedicated...

A Newcastle teenager who longed for an apprenticeship has finally won one thanks to a new course and expert support. Ross Cannell, 19, from Gosforth, has been taken on as an apprentice by Amici’s Restaurants in Forest Hall. He applied for a bundle of apprenticeships after leaving sixth form,...

Apprenticeship Week will take place from Monday 11 March to Friday 15 March 2013.  The aim of the week which is organised by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) is to highlight the talents and skills of apprentices and celebrate the value of Apprenticeships.  It will see apprentices,...

A twenty-one year old apprentice who swapped a history degree for a job at a Gateshead engineering giant has progressed to an accountancy job within the firm. Amy Halpin from Heworth, who is one of Express Engineering’s 23 current apprentices, has completed her first year at the firm and won...

  The results of two recent employer surveys have been released and show that Access is providing a well-respected, first-class service to businesses throughout the region. Every year Access asks all the employers and learners it works with to take part in a Satisfaction Survey. The...