January 10th, 202203179A Newton Aycliffe manufacturing firm is starting the new year by hosting a recruitment open day as it creates a number of new jobs to support its growth plans.
Senstronics, based at Angels Close on Aycliffe Business Park, is hosting the recruitment event on Thursday, January 27 (10am-3pm).
The firm already employs 140 people at its...
January 10th, 202201196Parents and carers in County Durham are being reminded they are running out of time to apply for primary school places for their children.
The deadline for applications for the next academic year, which starts in September, is Saturday 15 January.
In order for a child to be eligible to start school in September, the child must have...
January 7th, 202201624Small businesses in County Durham are being invited to borrow an electric van, to experience for themselves the benefits of going green.
Durham County Council’s low carbon economy and fleet teams are offering short term loans of electric vans to small and medium sized businesses, to help reduce their carbon emissions and fuel...
January 6th, 202201016Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has announced the appointment of three new safety champions to her team to strengthen the voice of victims of crime.
The new recruits, who comprise an independent Domestic Abuse Champion, an Anti-social Behaviour Champion and a Victims Champion, will work alongside the Commissioner to...
January 6th, 202201271Experienced sales professional Richard Jobling has joined an Aycliffe Business sister magazine as publication bosses aim to grow its client base and products in 2022.
Ambitious publishers, Resolution Media and Publishing, have appointed Richard as dedicated full-time sales manager for Wear Business, which launched in early...
January 5th, 202201276By Paul Dalton
Despite the break for Christmas and New Year our members have remained active over the last two weeks.
Twenty members started their Christmas Day with a parkrun, with the Club represented at the Darlington South Park, Hackworth, Roundhay and Sedgefield events, and two even managed to register Personal Bests (PBs) on...
December 23rd, 202101287The County Durham Growth Fund has awarded £1.98m in grants to 17 companies from across the county this year, which will create 278 new jobs.
2021 has proved a successful year in terms of demand for the £8.9m capital grant scheme, which provides financial support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in County Durham to help...
December 23rd, 20210949By Paul Dalton
We start this week with our usual round up from our local parkruns, with the club represented at the Albert, Darlington South Park, Hackworth, Hartlepool and Sedgefield events.
At Albert parkrun, Gareth Kyle registered a new Personal Best (PB) for the 5K distance, running sub-18 minutes for the first time...
December 22nd, 202104360Residents in County Durham are being reminded that Customer Access Points and most other county council buildings will be closed over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Customer Access Points remain closed until further notice following the introduction of the Government’s Plan B winter response.
In the event of an emergency,...
December 22nd, 202101181By Paul Blythe
In the last round of fixtures before the Christmas break, we saw seven of our teams involved in action last weekend.
Under 10’s Whites – played against Brandon. In a well matched first half, it was Jensen who kept the opposition out with a great penalty save. Tyler grabbed a goal early in the second half for...