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Go North East apprentices James (l) and Matthew Barnes

National award acclaim for Go North East and Gateshead College

The region’s largest bus operator, Go North East has won the Best Apprentice/School Leaver Recruitment Strategy accolade at the national Recruiter Awards for its apprenticeship scheme, implemented to tackle the industry’s skills shortage and running in partnership with Gateshead College.

Go North East apprentices Matthew (left) and James Barnes

Easington twin apprentices choose a double life on the buses

Ambitious twin brothers, James and Matthew Barnes from Easington, are among a group of youngsters celebrating ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (6 - 10 March 2017), after securing places on Go North East’s coveted bus and coach mechanical engineering apprenticeship.

On the Go since 1913

Around 175,000 journeys are made on Go North East bus services every day to travel around this wonderful region. Travelling to work or education, to visit friends and family, to have a night out, or to visit one of the region's many tourist and leisure attractions.

For over 100 years, Go North East has connected the region's towns and villages with the cities of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland and currently operates across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and into Tees Valley.

Employing over 2,000 local people, with a fleet of almost 700 buses and coaches and an annual turnover of £100m, the company is the regional subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc, one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport.

Go North East

117 Queen Street
NE8 2UA Gateshead