Hundreds of people from across County Durham attended virtual events this autumn to recognise the community response to the pandemic and help shape the future of their local area. Over the last two months, Durham County Council’s 14 Area Action Partnerships (AAP) staged Better for Everyone sessions to gather views on a wide range of issues...

After an overwhelming response, health and wellbeing charity Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) and County Durham NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are delighted to announce that over £49,000 has been awarded to establish ‘Happiness Hubs’ across County Durham and Darlington. Happiness Hubs aim to provide safe spaces for local people...

A steel fabrication firm is confident about the future after enjoying a raft of contract wins since the first lockdown. Newton Aycliffe construction specialists Finley Structures have won seven new contracts – totalling 2,000 tonnes of steel – since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold earlier this year. The family-run firm are also...

Enforcement officers are warning flytippers that they risk being stripped of their vehicles this Christmas. The warning comes after a number of vehicles found to have been used in flytipping incidents in County Durham were taken off their owners for good. Neighbourhood wardens from Durham County Council seized four vehicles as part of...

Local businessman John Wade has launched ambitious plans to turn Aycliffe Quarry into a “thriving” retail development. An application has been submitted to Durham County Council – proposing a mixed-use commercial development including retail and a hotel – on a site just over the road from the Forrest Park development, which will...

Newton Aycliffe Youth Football Club have launched a striking new-look home kit for their players. The club partnered with Middlesbrough firm Farrelly’s, who provided an initial choice of 14 options. They were narrowed down to two, with managers and coaches across all age groups voting on the final option. Club Chairman Martin Smails...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner/leader to ask them 20 questions about a variety of subjects. In our latest edition, Laura Flood, from Aycliffe-based C&A Embroidery and Print, answers our 20 questions over a cuppa… 1: What do you do?A: Director...

Members of the public are being asked to give their feedback on plans to modernise leisure facilities in County Durham. In January this year, proposals were approved in principle by Durham County Council’s Cabinet to invest in modernising leisure services across the county. Since then, the council has been looking at how its leisure...

Newton Aycliffe-based luxury online homewares retailer, Roman at Home, donated an assortment of slate accessories to a local charity, St Teresa’s Hospice, following the enforcement of a second national lockdown which forced charity shops and non-essential businesses to close their doors again. Darlington-based St Teresa’s provides amazing...

Off-road bikes and quads seized by Durham Constabulary have been destroyed as a part of a crackdown on those who ride them illegally and antisocially. The seven vehicles were seized across County Durham and Darlington as part of Operation Endurance – an ongoing campaign by Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit to tackle dangerous...