April 13th, 201702679Mobile operator EE, which has a call centre in Darlington, has launched a recruitment drive which will see it hire over 800 contact centre advisers nationally and 400 in the North-East.
EE says 150 new roles will be created at its Darlington site, which already employs more than 2,000 people.
It will also add 185 people to EE’s...
April 13th, 201703712Wallsend 7, Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 21
Newton Aycliffe Rugby Club First XV were crowned champions of Durham Northumberland 3 with a win over Wallsend.
Aycliffe 1st XV travelled to Wallsend RFC needing the win to take the top spot and be crowned champions of DN3.
Aycliffe arrived at Wallsend’s new pitch set up early and put in a...
April 13th, 201702998By Ron Eyley
Celebrity antiques dealer David Harper found himself answering questions ranging from the difference between Chinese and Japanese ceramics, mahogany furniture, a painting of kittens, a Rington’s tea caddy masquerading as a piece of Wedgwood and the burgeoning popularity of automata when he appeared at a weekend charity...
April 12th, 201702433Newton Aycliffe manufacturer Ebac has recruited an experienced sales professional to support the expansion of its washing machine sales into the Midlands.
With more than 30 years industry experience, most recently at Hotpoint where he worked for over a decade, Richard Foster has joined the Ebac team as sales development...
April 12th, 201713868The Tesco Extra store in Newton Aycliffe has treated four lucky customers to a glamorous VIP experience following its recent revamp.
Harley Wilkins, Shaun Morrell, Camille Wilde and Ruth Smith were all nominated by family and friends for the special instore experience.
The four ladies were driven to the store by a chauffeur in a...
April 11th, 201703278Hitachi Rail Europe is on schedule to employ 250 people at their newly built Doncaster depot.
The depot is hiring a brand new team to maintain new fleets of intercity trains inspired by Japanese bullet trains, which are due to start running next year, connecting northern cities to London and Scotland.
Hitachi has invested £80m in...
April 11th, 201702349Local Rotarians joined volunteer NHS Trust fund-raisers in Tesco’s Newton Aycliffe store at the weekend to help collect much-needed cash for the regional MRI scanners appeal.
And their efforts paid off . . .
Aycliffe Rotary Club President Nora Scott said: “The collection confirmed that people in this part of the world are very...
April 11th, 201702040With some teams having now completed their league programmes there were fewer fixtures this week for the Aycliffe Juniors teams.
The undoubted highlight was the TJFA League Challenge Cup Semi Final for the Under 9's against Nunthorpe Athletic.
The Aycliffe team had home advantage against strong opponents from North Riding Division...
April 10th, 201703621Newton Aycliffe manufacturer Roman is among an impressive list of Europe’s top 1,000 fastest growing companies.
The leading shower designer and manufacturer, based on Aycliffe Business Park, has made the FT1000 list, compiled by the Financial Times.
There was in-depth research carried out to find the 1,000 fastest growing...
April 10th, 201702068Ryhope Colliery Welfare 1, Newton Aycliffe 3
Aycliffe earned a well deserved 3-1 win away to Ryhope Colliery Welfare on Saturday.
They had slightly the better of the early exchanges, and went ahead on 11 minutes when Marc Costello got on the end of a Stuart Banks corner.
Five minutes later, a Ryhope player elbowed Aycliffe left...
