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Prepare for Success in Business, Management, and Beyond
If you’re aiming to run your own business, lead an organisation, or manage a sales team, a career in business could be ideal for you. Business careers are highly sought after across various industries, with companies in the UK recruiting for roles in management, human resources, finance, and marketing.
You’ll learn in specialist classrooms designed to prepare you for an office-based career. You’ll build a portfolio, take external exams, and gain experience to progress into various business roles, equipping you with essential skills to become more experienced and qualified. You’ll also develop transferable skills like planning, research analysis, teamwork, and effective communication.
Business Pathways Explained
Accountancy
Accountancy is all about understanding and managing money. Accountants help businesses, charities, and even governments keep track of their income and spending. They make sure financial records are accurate, follow legal rules, and help people make smart decisions about money.
If you choose to study accountancy, you’ll learn how to record financial transactions (called bookkeeping), create reports that show how a business is doing (like profit and loss statements), plan budgets, and understand taxes and financial laws. These skills are useful in almost every type of business.
Accountancy is a great option if you’re organised, good with numbers, and interested in how businesses work. It’s also a career with lots of job opportunities and the chance to work in many different industries.
Your course options:
Management & Administration
Administration and management courses teach you how to run and organise a business or organisation. Courses focus on the skills needed to keep things running smoothly—like planning, organising, leading teams, and making decisions. Whether it’s a small shop, a school, a hospital, or a big company, every organisation needs good managers and administrators.
In an administration course, you might learn about office work, communication, customer service, and using software like spreadsheets and databases. It’s great for people who like being organised, helping things run efficiently, and supporting a team.
In a management course, you’ll learn how to lead people, make business plans, solve problems, and make decisions that help a business grow. You might also study marketing, finance, and human resources. It’s a good fit if you enjoy working with people, thinking strategically, and taking responsibility.
Your course options:
Marketing
Marketing is all about understanding people and helping businesses connect with them. It’s how companies figure out what people want, how to tell them about it, and how to make them want to buy it. Marketing is what makes you notice your favourite brands, trust them, and want what they’re offering.
Marketing can lead to some fun and fast-moving jobs. You could become a social media manager, brand manager, market researcher, advertising executive, digital marketer, or even a content creator. It’s a great path if you enjoy being creative, working with people, solving real-world problems, and making things look and sound awesome.
Marketing is a great choice for anyone who’s curious about how businesses work and how to make ideas stand out. If you enjoy social media, storytelling, or just figuring out what makes people tick, it could be the perfect fit for you.
Your course options:
Learn through real-world scenarios
It’s not all classroom based for our business students; step into the shoes of professionals with live brief projects and collaborations.
In one standout project, students partnered with the Meldrum Group to plan and host a professional networking event. Working in teams, they managed every aspect, from budgeting and promotion to venue booking, catering, and ensuring health and safety compliance.
Another group joined an initiative with the MFC Foundation and Teesside Park, where they explored the retail and leisure sector. Through behind-the-scenes tours and industry talks, students gained valuable insights into a wide range of career pathways.
These are just a few examples of the many opportunities available. Our business students regularly collaborate with local employers, gaining practical experience and exploring diverse roles across the business landscape.
Our Business Courses
AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
Business
Adult Learner
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14 months
AAT
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Age Group:
(19+)
AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting
Business
Adult Learner
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15 months
AAT
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Age Group:
(19+)
AAT Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting
Business
Adult Learner
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15 months
AAT
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Age Group:
(19+)
AAT Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting
Business
Adult Learner
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15 months
AAT
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Age Group:
(19+)
AAT Level 4 Professional Accounting Apprenticeship
Business
Apprenticeship
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18 months
AAT
AAT Level 4 Professional Accounting Apprenticeship
Business
Apprenticeship
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18 months
AAT
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business Studies) (Day) – Level 3
Business
Adult Learner
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1 year
Skills and Education Group Access (SEGA)
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Age Group:
(19+)
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business Studies) (Distance Learning) – Level 3
Business
Adult Learner
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1 year
Skills and Education Group Access (SEGA)
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Age Group:
(19+)
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business Studies) (Evening) – Level 3
Access to HE
Adult Learner
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1 year
Skills and Education Group Access (SEGA)
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Age Group:
(19+)
Where your course can lead
“I enjoy studying here for lots of reasons but mainly because of the amount of support we receive. My tutors and other staff are always there for anything I might need guidance on, as well as making sure we have all the right resources needed for assignments.”
Lilia Long
Working with top employers
