Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation

A major youth employment drive backed by £1 billion will help create 200,000 jobs for young people, alongside the biggest transformation of apprenticeships in a decade. It comes as apprenticeship starts amongst young people are down 40% in the last decade and almost one million young people are not earning or learning – a rise […]

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First Clean Energy Jobs Fair held

Over a hundred schoolchildren and students have attended the Government’s first Clean Energy Jobs Fair, co-hosted by the North East Mayor, Port of Tyne, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.  Following the Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan, the first national plan to train and recruit workers needed for the clean energy mission, the jobs fair brought together local businesses, universities and colleges to show students the thousands of opportunities available.   Held on […]

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