SETA is creating the workforces of the future

BW Magazine learns more about SETA’s longstanding commitment to supporting young people and the business community, and its track record of success in doing so. Through apprenticeships, SETA is equipping young people from the North East with the skills they need to enjoy successful careers in engineering, working closely with businesses to create the workforces which will enable them to...

Sharon Davis of Kasa Communications makes PR accessible

Committed to opening up PR to businesses of all sizes and sectors, and to supporting a diverse range of spokespeople to develop relationships with the media, Kasa Communications is truly doing things differently. Sharon Davis, founder and managing director, tells us more For many businesses, investing in their PR is something that just isn’t seen as being for them. ‘It’s...

Kevin Beales is selling the dream with MySalesCoach

Serial entrepreneur Kevin Beales may have been encouraged to build a corporate career, but his desire to run his own company – which began as a schoolboy – wouldn’t leave him. He has since gone on to establish and sell a series of successful tech companies based in his adopted North East. His latest venture, MySalesCoach, launched this year and is already flying high, having attracted over £1...

Delivering the skills to propel business growth

Through being an early adopter of ‘learning done differently’, University Centre Quayside has supported the professional development of workforces for three decades. Here, founder Dr Nick Mapletoft reveals his ambition for the higher education provider to become the North East’s next University, to enable it to up the ante on the delivery of bespoke learning for decades to come Having been...

Jordan McCabe takes Aztec Diamond from childhood dream to global success

Jordan McCabe has only ever wanted to design equestrian clothing - and participating in show jumping help her to identify a gap in the market in accessible, affordable attire for fashion-conscious females. Through her business, Aztec Diamond, Jordan has led a revolution in the industry - and now plans to widen its reach beyond equestrianism and into the mainstream sports market. Here, we learn...