May 9th, 201703680Around 100 jobs have been secured after a US firm completed the purchase of the Compound Photonics factory in Newton Aycliffe.
Kaiam Corporation, a US maker of datacentre transceivers, has acquired the manufacturing facilities at the Aycliffe Business Park site.
The acquisition includes investment by Compound Photonics into Kaiam...
May 8th, 201701682Accident investigators are making a renewed appeal for witnesses to the incident at a motocross event on the Bank Holiday weekend which led to the death of 27-year-old Thomas Brown.
Thomas, who was from Barnard Castle, died from the injuries he sustained when he came off his orange coloured KTM offroad bike, on a track at Low Hardwick...
May 8th, 201703865Virgin Trains’ customers are a step closer to new trains as work begins on the Azuma (Class 800) fleet, due to enter service on the east coast in 2018.
Work on the bodyshells is taking place in Kasado, Japan, before the trains arrive in the UK to be built by Hitachi’s manufacturing team in Newton Aycliffe.
Hitachi’s UK train...
May 8th, 201701790A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action...
Saturday 6th May – NYSD Division 2
Darlington 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was dry and cool. Darlington won the toss and chose to bat first.
Darlington 2nd XI 225 for 4 declared after 47 overs
Luke Telford 3 for 39
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 141 all out after 40...
May 5th, 201702435Newton Aycliffe-based Mantis Media, publishers of Aycliffe Today Business, has launched a new lifestyle magazine with a newly-created publishing company.
Mantis managing director Martin Walker (pictured above, left) has launched Resolution Media and Publishing with business partner and former colleague Dave Allan, who runs his own...
May 5th, 201701842Year 9 students from Woodham Academy were given the opportunity to attend a Higher Education event at Northumbria University.
The aim of the visit was to give students an insight into the life of a student at Northumbria, and to understand the many benefits of higher education.
Upon arrival students were taken on a guided tour of...
May 4th, 201782984Roller Derby’s National Championships return to Newton Aycliffe for a second time on Saturday (May 13).
Durham Roller Derby will be taking on league leaders the Wakey Wheeled Cats of Wakefield in the Northern Group of the 2017 British Championships, in a bout to be hosted at the Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre.
Roller Derby is an...
May 4th, 201703071There’s a host of opportunities for companies to grow and thrive in Newton Aycliffe through a tailored package of support from Business Durham...
Newton Aycliffe is a fast-growing business success story underpinned by a diverse mix of companies – from manufacturing and engineering, to creative industries and...
May 4th, 201702465A round-up of news from Aycliffe Running Club...
The first event in the Summer Tees Trail series of 5k races took place on Wednesday 19 April at Newham Grange Farm. Conditions were ideal for running and the gently undulating course took you round the farm area then into the woods before returning the same way.
Dez Fielden was first...
May 3rd, 201702488As part of a recent relaunch campaign Tesco Newton Aycliffe has donated £1,000 to the local youth and community centre.
Newton Aycliffe Youth and Community Centre is available to hire for a variety of activities such as meetings and seminars, training and educational classes, arts and crafts, dancing and exercise classes.
It also...
