In a rare media opportunity, Gestamp Tallent's Plant Director Peter Gallone talks to Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker in the November-December issue of our business magazine. Gestamp Tallent has grown hugely in the last three years, increasing turnover, output and staff numbers, to record levels. The manufacturer of car chassis...

Newton Aycliffe's Northern League club will hope to add to a midweek cup win with a league victory at home this weekend. Peter Dixon's side hit a blip when they suffered back-to-back 3-0 defeats against Guisborough and title-chasing North Shields. But they bounced back with a 3-1 win at home to Hebburn Town in the second round of the...

Middlesbrough legend and former boss Gareth Southgate is set to return to the Riverside Stadium for an England Under-21 international. The Teesside club has announced it will host an England U-21 friendly against Germany on Monday 30th March, 2015. England U-21, managed by Southgate, are no strangers to the Riverside, having played...

By Martin Walker The TV star known as the “troubleshooter” has praised Newton Aycliffe manufacturers Ebac for bringing their freezer-making factory to fruition. As revealed on Aycliffe Today last week, former CBI Director General Lord Digby Jones returned to Aycliffe for the first time since filming BBC2’s Digby Jones: The New...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe print supplies company Inkland has landed a £2m deal with leading North-East firm Potts Print UK. Inkland was reeling after the announcement that one of its key clients, HPM and Addo, had gone into administration. But the Aycliffe firm, which employs 10 people at its site on Aycliffe Business Park,...

By Martin Walker We can now bring you the first real picture of the first trains that will be built at Hitachi Rail Europe's Newton Aycliffe factory. Hitachi today unveiled the first image, and detailed specifications, of the trains which are being manufactured for the UK Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme...

In This Issue: Business recovery specialists Wilson Field open new office on Aycliffe Business Park.  Also, catch up on the latest Hitachi developments... Click here to read this issue of Aycliffe Today Business online.

Community groups working with children and young people in the Newton Aycliffe area can apply for grants of up to £1,000. Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership (GAMP) and the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) have launched the ‘Small Grants Fund for Children & Young People.’ What is the Community Grant Fund? The Small...

Local photographer Dave Stocks brings us more stunning pictures from the 2014 Remembrance Day Service parade in Newton Aycliffe… ...

By Martin Walker Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has invested in a new batch of vehicles to accommodate an upturn in business. The family-run firm, based in the heart of Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe, has purchased eight new trucks of varying sizes. They include two 12-tonne vehicles, two urban trailers and four long...