Things are certainly moving quickly at Access.

A founder member of the Gateshead Collective – a consortium of seven local work based training providers – the company has now moved into Gateshead Skills Academy on Team Valley.

And this follows a management buy out by MD Malcolm Armstrong who has plans to increase the number of learners the company supports by 50%, to 750 a year.

Established in 1989, Access Training has grown to become one of the North East’s top work based training providers. With an annual turnover in excess of £1.3 million it works with over 150 local businesses to develop staff and provide effective business solutions through training.

In partnership with ITEC North East and Gateshead College, it provides the only Centre of Vocational Excellence for Business and Management in the region and is one of the first private training providers to have undergone and passed an inspection by Ofsted – the Office for Standards in Education. It has also gained Customer First accreditation - a quality mark for excellence in customer service and the Matrix standard – for the quality of information, advice and guidance it provides.
Access aims to provide excellence in vocational learning and the training it provides includes:

• Management and team leadership
• Business administration
• Advice and Guidance
• Accounting
• Customer service
• Teaching and Learning
• Storage and warehousing
• Manufacturing operations