The publishers of Newton Aycliffe’s business magazine are now working on the last issue of 2020. And local companies still have a chance to book space – and market their products, services or good news across the North-East’s biggest business park and beyond. Aycliffe Business is the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – home to...

Virtual events are being held to thank people and groups across County Durham for their good work during the pandemic and to gather views on the future of the area. Durham County Council has been running its Better for Everyone sessions through its 14 Area Action Partnerships (AAP) to hear views on a wide range of issues and also thank the...

The ScaleUp North East programme was created to provide ambitious business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the region with the opportunity to work alongside highly-experienced peers, our ScaleUp partners, who have all generated rapid growth within their own businesses and boast their own individual skillsets. Together they bring invaluable...

Durham County Council has announced details of how its services will be affected during the latest lockdown period, which began on Thursday The council is continuously reviewing emerging government advice on how best to stop the spread of coronavirus and considering how it can maintain essential services to residents in light of this. The...

A Newton Aycliffe steel fabrication firms has secured £805,000 from HSBC UK to purchase its premises. Raisco, a specialist in structural steelwork, had been leasing its 45,000 sq ft premises on Aycliffe Business Park for the past nine years. The funding has enabled Raisco to take ownership of the Langton Park premises, securing the...

By Paul Dalton In a week that may have seen the last races of the year, some of our runners headed North, whilst others headed West, looking for some active competition. On Sunday, November 1, two members took part in the Run Northumberland Castles Half Marathon, a slightly undulating race in beautiful Northumberland countryside, which...

A County Durham engineering training provider has announced its new apprenticeship starts are up nearly a third this autumn. The excellent news for South West Durham Training coincides with the launch of a national campaign today promoting engineering to young people. The Royal Academy of Engineering is running the second ‘This is...

Aycliffe-based property and maintainace experts deployed a team of ex-services staff to help a major NHS Trust get Covid-ready. AAA Caring Caretaker – formed by RAF veteran Richard Tucker MBE – is an award-winning property maintenance and cleaning company covering all forms of site maintenance to cleaning. The firm was approached...

Students at Greenfield Community College have settled well this term in a safe and supportive environment. Learning opportunities have also seen an added dimension through an extensive extra-curricular programme. Led by Mr Butterworth, subject leader for PE, the programme has attracted students from a range of year groups. “We launched...

Lower Breck 3, Newton Aycliffe 2Buildbase FA Vase By Bob Wood It was a Halloween horror for Aycliffe as two own goals contributed to their demise in this season's FA Vase. Even more unfortunately both OG's were scored by the same player, Marc Costello. Saturday saw Aycliffe travel to the Anfield Sports Centre, Liverpool to play Lower...