A NORTH-EAST management consultancy which usually works with multi-million pound companies is now offering its training services to small and medium businesses.

County Durhambased Protostar Leadership Development will offer a range of services thanks to an agreement with Business Link for up to 100pc of the costs.

Michael Coates, managing director, said: “We are extremely excited at the prospect of the region’s SMEs being able to work with consultants who typically work with multi-million and multibillion pound clients.”

He said many companies had cut their training budgets owing to to the recession and the Government wanted to reverse that trend.

More details are available at www.protostar-dev.com