In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner to ask them 20 questions on a variety of subjects. In the latest issue, John Whitehehouse, from family-run Whitehouse Funeral Directors, answers our 20 questions over a cuppa... 1: What do you do? A: I am a Funeral...

North-East councils have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for more financial support to cover their financial pressures and help them lead the coronavirus recovery. The letter, which has been sent by Cllr Simon Henig, on behalf the Association of North East Councils (ANEC), outlines some of the measures that would help ease...

Children from all over the world have been writing messages of love and support to one another during the coronavirus pandemic. Durham County Council’s international relations team has teamed up with schools across the county - and as far afield as France, Spain, Hungary and beyond – to create a virtual friendship tree. At a time when...

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in County Durham will reopen in the next two weeks in line with government guidance. Durham County Council has been working with its contractor, HW Martins, to look at the possibility of safely reopening its main sites and this week received new guidance from central government. The council has now...

Aycliffe Business Park’s Excelpoint is working through this unprecedented time to support its customers to adapt to the current global crisis. With coronavirus taking a firm grip on the world, businesses have adopted working from home strategies for employees to support social distancing and isolation to safeguard employees and reduce the...

Aycliffe Today interviewed Paul Howell during one of our regular webchats this week. The Conservative MP for Sedgefield accepted our request to answer questions from members of the public during a 25-minute chat on our Facebook page. Click here to see it.  ...

Police have drawn up Certificates of Achievement for school pupils across County Durham and Darlington to thank them for playing their part in keeping people safe during lockdown. Most children have been at home for nearly seven weeks as part of measures put in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable people in our...

The economic division of Durham County Council has been appointed to spearhead one of the region’s major support networks in space and satellite technology. Business Durham will continue to lead the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence until March 2022, having successfully delivered support to the sector for the last six...

New virtual storytelling sessions are to continue throughout May following their initial success. Durham County Council’s library service recently began teaming up with artists to create video recitals of popular stories and poems which children and their families can enjoy online. The sessions are just one of many online services...

Craft business leader and Dragons’ Den’s Sara Davies MBE will be sharing her crafting expertise to guest host a one-off special virtual Crafternoon, to help raise vital funds for Mind, the mental health charity. At a time when the nation is spending a lot of time at home, Mind has taken the nation’s craftiest fundraiser online. And on...