Middlesbrough College Group champions the North East business community – living and breathing the opportunities and challenges that our region’s employers face as their skills partner. That’s why we’re delighted to once again sponsor the prestigious North East Business Awards, celebrating the innovative and ambitious businesses that are boosting our economy and enriching the opportunities available to young people in our region.

This year, we’re incredibly proud to be able to host the awards at Middlesbrough College. Our £100m campus is home to more than 1,000 staff and 15,000 students, including around 2,000 apprentices, with learners travelling from across the North East, including as far away as Whitby, Darlington and Northallerton to access the College’s unrivalled facilities and expert teaching staff.

Through the main college, our apprenticeship training arm Northern Skills Group and our internationally renowned technical training provider TTE, we’re upskilling thousands of learners and working with employers to provide the skills underpinning the region’s success.

Middlesbrough College is also the Tees Valley delivery partner in the North East Institute of Technology (IOT) – one of only a handful of such institutes in the country that bring together further education providers, universities and employers.