LEC BLOG

Zak Williams is NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training aged 16-24) and is working with EDBS advisor Simon Naisbett to gain the skills needed to hopefully help him secure employment. Here he shares his thoughts on the course in his first blog, written as part...

Dark mornings. Dark evenings. It’s cold. It’s wet. There’s snow. And the icing on the cake – no-one has any money left past mid-month as we’ve all spent too much at Christmas. Sound familiar? This month has certainly been a long slog – getting up on a morning being...

There's no denying one of the biggest frustrations in business is that things never happen as quickly as we’d like them to. We’ve all had that telephone call or meeting with a potential client who is so keen to work with you… yet it’s six, sometimes even 12, months...

The recent announcement that Amazon is to close its Lovefilm DVD rental service reminded me of the decline of Blockbuster Video. Once the staple of everybody's Friday night in - going to the local video shop to rent a film that wouldn't be available to buy for months...

In her second blog, our digital assistant Rosie Simpson talks about the things she's learned in the job and how it's helping shape her future learning and employment path. I’ve been working at LEC just over a month now and my eyes have been opened to so many...

I may not call Peterlee my home now (I moved to Thirsk in North Yorkshire 18 months ago) but when it comes to my business, home certainly is where the heart is. In the not too distant past, Peterlee was the butt of so many jokes (anyone remember the town centre...