letslivehere, a letting agent based in the heart of Heaton offering professional and student properties, recently took part in the Shell STEP scheme. Shell STEP is a national internship programme for small to medium size enterprises (SME). Shell STEP introduces an undergraduate to an SME to undertake an internal project over an eight-week period. letslivehere recruited Luke Blackburn, a business management student from Newcastle University, to assist the business with a marketing consultancy project. Becki Naylor, manager of Lets live here, highlighted the worth to the company of the scheme.
“Luke ensured that letslivehere were able to improve marketing efficiency whilst putting forward exciting recommendations for the bright future of the company”. letslivehere is a business keen to build strong relationships with nationally recognised training programmes such as Shell STEP to enhance the service we offer to our customers and clients. His work will also help to facilitate the long term growth of the business.”
Luke also gave his account of his experience, “letslivehere gave me a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the skills that I have learnt at University and apply them in a working environment with an ambitious company. Shell STEP has helped improve my employment prospects after graduation, I was lucky to spend my summer on such an interesting and challenging project”.
letslivehere were represented by Luke at the “North East Final” at an awards ceremony hosted by Shell STEP celebrating the achievements of undergraduates throughout the North East who had participated in the scheme. Peter Robson, head of marketing for letslivehere gave his thoughts on the awards, “It was fantastic to see Luke demonstrate his achievements to an audience consisting of various representatives from Enterprise’s throughout the North East. Shell STEP has given letslivehere the opportunity to improve the performance of the business significantly over a two-month period.”
Luke gave his account of the award experience, “letslivehere is a company that is going places, they have given me the opportunity to continue my summer project when I return to University. I am happy to assist the business achieve further success in the future”.
