Aycliffe Today's prestigious business magazine picked up an award at Aycliffe Business Park's Make Your Mark event. Aycliffe Today Business - launched in December 2012 - won the Best Newcomer category, beating off competition from OneGym and training-provider Optimum Skills to the award. The publication is Aycliffe's only B2B...

By Martin Walker Flavoured coffee company Beanies picked up the Small Business of the Year award at Aycliffe Business Park's Make Your Mark event on Thursday night. The firm, based at Evans Business Centre on the park, pipped D&S Services and Capture Films. Managing director John Evans said: "Being nominated for this award gives...

BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA vs NEWTON AYCLIFFE Central Avenue Stadium. Kick off 3pm. By Paul McGeary Allan Oliver must pick his threadbare squad up after four consecutive defeats as they travel to Teesside to take on a Billingham Synthonia side who are in something of an indifferent run of form, despite being earmarked as one of the pre-season...

Newton Aycliffe-based Driver Hire has won a national award for hitting more than £300,000 in turnover. Driver Hire Darlington, a franchise of the national network based on Aycliffe Business Park, has won the firm's prestigious Bronze Achievement Award for outstanding sales performance. The UK’s largest specialist supplier, Driver Hire...

A Bishop Auckland woman has been charged with shoplifting by police after an incident in Aycliffe shopping centre. Suzanne Matthews, 29, was arrested and charged after allegedly stealing from the Boyes store in the town. "Newton Aycliffe Police continue to have a strong relationship with the shops in our town centre and shoplifters will...

The full list of shortlisted nominees and winners of the Aycliffe Business Park Make Your Mark 2014 awards event. (Winners in bold) ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING AWARD Sponsored by Sunderland University Ebac Finley Structures 1 PWS EXPORT AWARD Sponsored by NECC Meditek 3M Think Eleven INNOVATION AWARD Sonsored by...

A selection of pictures from Aycliffe Business Park's Make Your Mark awards event at the Xcel Centre on Thursday night... ...

Newton Aycliffe 2-3 Norton & Stockton Ancients By Paul McGeary They say bad luck comes in threes, and Allan Oliver will feel no different as his third game back in temporary charge of Newton Aycliffe ended in a third defeat, which also saw the Newtonians crash out of their third cup competition already this season. Having already...

Up to 12,500 tonnes of salt will be stored at two new barns in County Durham ready for the winter. Durham County Council is preparing for winter conditions by making sure that the new salt barns in Wolsingham and Peterlee are up and running in plenty of time. The Wolsingham barn, which was completed in January and cost £500,000 to...

Residents in Great Aycliffe and Middridge can find out how local issues are being tackled when the area action partnership (GAMP) meets next week. The GAMP Board will be meeting next Tuesday (23rd September, 6pm to 8pm) at Middridge Village Hall and members of the public are welcome. Local people can also raise any neighbourhood issues...