April 16th, 202001243Destination management organisation Visit County Durham has launched a campaign that lets people enjoy a virtual visit to the county, from the safety of their sofa.
With all national and international marketing activity delivered by Visit County Durham to encourage visits to the county now paused in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the...
April 16th, 202011271Public, private and voluntary sector professionals in the County Durham and the Tees Valley are now able to sign up to free digital skills training – both technical and creative – following some quick thinking by Teesside University as part of its comprehensive response to Covid-19.
The Digital Skills for Growth programme was due...
April 15th, 202001171A Newton Aycliffe student has launched an online fitness shop to help people keep fit whilst socially distancing and staying at home.
Ralf Fatoohi, who attends UTC South Durham on Aycliffe Business Park, has created toohfit.com, which offers a variety of fitness equipment useful for working out at home, including fitness electronics,...
April 15th, 202001368Durham Constabulary are advising potential callers to try their 101 live chat service before calling.
The advice follows a significant spike in non-emergency calls since the Covid-19 lockdown began last month.
Calls peaked last week when the force’s control room received 865 calls in 24 hours, 215 more than the previous month’s...
April 15th, 202005145Tekmar Group has joined the fight against Covid-19 – producing up to 200 protective face shields a day at no cost to the NHS.
Aycliffe-based Tekmar Energy and its sister company Subsea Innovation, based in Darlington, part of the Tekmar Group who specialise in bespoke offshore equipment and subsea protection systems for the global...
April 14th, 202001213The organisers of a cancelled County Durham festival have launched a virtual food festival for the 2020 traders who could not trade at this year’s event, aiming to support local businesses through Covid-19.
Durham County Council’s annual Bishop Auckland Food Festival, originally scheduled to take place on 18 and 19 April, was...
April 14th, 202001194The digital revolution is the current trend of process automation and information exchange in businesses, making it easier to gather and analyse data, operate with more flexibility, introduce efficient business processes and collaborate with customers and suppliers alike.
Ian Brown, managing director of Excelpoint, explains: “It is...
April 13th, 202001308New job opportunities are being created in County Durham’s adult social care sector as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
An online recruitment and training programme has been launched by the County Durham Care Academy in response to the pressures placed on the sector by COVID-19.
There are three key roles, including care...
April 10th, 202001267Scientifically-driven businesses in County Durham are working overtime in the battle to beat Covid-19 – including two Aycliffe firms.
While many companies have been compelled to close under lockdown orders or forced to slash services, it has been all hands to the pump for half-a-dozen companies in the county with the expertise to...
April 10th, 202001295Staff at Durham County Council are being redeployed to help those in the community who are most vulnerable during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Council employees have been preparing food boxes to assist their Community Hubs in making sure essential items are reaching vulnerable residents who cannot leave their homes due to risk of...
