A NORTH-EAST travel management company has been appointed to help businesses keep an appointment with work opportunities in the Caribbean.

Business Travel, of Gateshead, is handling travel arrangements during a Northern Offshore Federation trade mission to Trinidad and Tobago, from September 27 to October 3.

The mission is being organised by the NOF Export Club, in partnership with Trade Partners UK, to introduce British companies to the oil and gas industry in Trinidad and Tobago.

Twenty-three UK companies are planning to send delegates.

Mission delegates are expected to meet Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Energy, as well as leading oil and gas companies BP, BG, BHP, Petrotrin, PLIPDECO and NGC.