Topics: Industry, manufacturing

L-R Colin Barnes, Engineering Director at Go North East with apprentice Oliver Barry and Suzanne Slater, Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships at Gateshead College

13 May 2021 17:24

Go North East calls for next generation of apprentices

One of the region’s leading bus companies is on the hunt for apprentice engineers to bolster its growing and highly skilled team of home-grown talent.

Engineering apprentices Melissa Millington and Nathan Smith

5 February 2021 09:37

Go North East celebrates its apprentices ahead of National Apprenticeship Week

Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (8 – 14 February 2021), award-winning bus company Go North East is celebrating its engineering apprentices who help keep the wheels moving on over 600 buses.

27 August 2020 08:32

Super-green bus trial takes next steps at Go North East

A north-British built full-electric bus from manufacturer Optare has returned to Go North East, the region’s largest bus operator.

29 June 2020 08:47

Go North East saves the jobs of five engineers following collapse of National Holidays

Four mechanics and one fourth year apprentice were all interviewed and offered positions at Go North East and have now joined the company’s workforce, bringing a wealth of further experience to an award-winning engineering team.

5 March 2020 14:26

Go North East champions its 200-strong driving force of inspiring women

Ahead of International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), Go North East is championing its 200 female employees that make a substantial contribution to the company’s services.

Melissa Millington, a mechanical and electrical engineering apprentice at Go North East

20 February 2020 08:27

Young engineers Melissa and Maisie urge girls to apply for eight new engineering apprenticeships

Two aspiring female engineers are hoping to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps, as part of ‘Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day’ (20 February).

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.