September 27th, 201701542Up to £3,000 worth of funding is available to County Durham businesses through the DurhamWorks programme.
DurhamWorks, which is a partnership between Durham County Council and 16 other organisations, is providing ‘Learning Working Earning’ grants to help local businesses employ young people in the county.
So far, just under...
September 26th, 201702156A student who never took a single day off during her five years at Woodham Academy has been rewarded for her amazing achievement.
Lucy Ratcliffe recently left Woodham Academy with 13 GCSEs, including 10 at A*, A or equivalent.
In recognition of her impeccable attendance, Lucy was presented with an award and certificate at the...
September 26th, 201701665Aycliffe Business Park-based Thrive Marketing has launched its new service offering, including HubSpot retainers, inbound marketing processes and Thriveability Plan with a new responsive website.
The agency has unveiled its new products as part of a website overhaul that sees the introduction of a number of new services.
Director...
September 26th, 201701745Newton Aycliffe Juniors were back in league action action this week across all the age group teams.
All teams have committed to ensure each player thanks the referee after every game so the club can all show their respect for the match officials.
It was the Under 7's first league game and they played at home against Billingham...
September 25th, 201722789The Pioneering Care Partnership’s green-fingered gardeners were thrilled to receive a donation of £700 from Newton Aycliffe’s famous Honest John.
PCP chief executive Carol Gaskarth said: “Local donations and support has been overwhelming and we cannot thank John enough for this very generous contribution.
“Our dedicated...
September 25th, 201701665A popular networking event which has connected hundreds of businesses in County Durham has celebrated its second birthday.
Durham 2sday was created by Business Durham, the economic development company for County Durham. It has attracted more than 1,000 businesses to Esquire’s Coffee Shop in Durham City on the second Tuesday of every...
September 22nd, 201701461‘Let’s cut deaths’ – that’s the message from police as they join a European-wide bid to reduce casualties on the road today.
Durham Constabulary have made a road safety pledge on ‘European Day Without A Road Death’.
The campaign, coined Project Edward, has been launched by the European Traffic Police network after...
September 22nd, 201701733Business owners are being called upon to tell the police about their experiences of cybercrime, thanks to a new survey available across the region.
Over 50% of crime is conducted online. To help combat this, the North East’s three Police and Crime Commissioners are working very closely with the Institute of Directors and the...
September 21st, 201701729A group of businesses have clubbed together to support a club’s coast to coast charity bike-ride after one of its riders received heart surgery.
Following his operation to fix an erratic heart rate Councillor Peter Brookes, from Durham County Council, helped organise the fundraiser and enlisted the support of a group of businesses...
September 21st, 201701839Marketing professional Grace Porter has joined Resolution Media and Publishing as the firm’s new business development executive.
The 28-year-old Newtonian, who runs her own marketing company, has joined the Middlesbrough-based publishers to aid the firm’s business development.
Porter, from Newton Aycliffe, is tasked with...
