November 15th, 201601908Newton Aycliffe construction firm Finley Structures has won a contract to fabricate and erect 560 tonnes of steel for a school on the Isle of Wight.
It’s one of three school contracts the family-run company has won recently and is currently on site at all three.
Sir Robert McAlpine is working on the £25m new development at Ryde...
November 15th, 201601736As part of Rights Respecting Day students from Greenfield Community College enjoyed a fascinating careers day with an introduction to the fascinating world of Medicine working with the ‘Medical Mavericks’.
Year 9 students enjoyed activities such as being able to look inside of the body using an Ultrasound machine as well as...
November 14th, 201601990Aycliffe Juniors enjoyed a great footballing weekend as all teams respecting Remembrance Sunday with well-observed minute silences before each game.
The Under 8's have continued to shine in TJFA Division 2 and now boast a record of playing nine games, wining six, drawing twice and only losing once. Over the course of recent games they...
November 14th, 201601768Newton Aycliffe 4, Worksop Town 0
FA Vase round two
Following a good Vase campaign last season, Aycliffe entered this season's competition (in the 2nd Round Proper) with a bang, defeating Worksop Town (the Tigers) 4-0.
Remembrance Day was observed before kick-off with the playing of the Last Post by Aycliffe Treasurer Yvonne Wood;...
November 11th, 201601959Companies are being urged to enter Aycliffe Business Park’s third annual awards competition to be held early next year.
Make Your Mark 2016 will single out the business park’s shining stars and recognise outstanding performances during a glittering black-tie event at the Xcel Centre in March.
And the winners of last year’s...
November 11th, 201601798Newton Aycliffe FC begin their Buildbase FA Vase campaign this Saturday with a home tie at Moore Lane Park.
Last year's fantastic efforts, which saw Aycliffe reach the last 16, mean that they have been exempt until the second round proper of the national competition.
Their visitors on Saturday will be Worksop Town, claimed to be...
November 10th, 201602405A charity champion from Newton Aycliffe who’s undergoing chemotherapy is urging people to sign up to the bone marrow register.
Maths teacher Paul McGeary was diagnosed with relapsed blood cancer, Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APML), earlier this year, having been in remission from an initial diagnosis back in November 2014.
The...
November 10th, 201602080Steel company SCH Site Services is helping a large logistics firm to expand again with the development of a £750,000 warehouse.
Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, based on Aycliffe Business Park, is in the process of constructing a new 40,000 sq ft warehouse for its rapidly-expanding list of customers.
The latest development,...
November 10th, 201602450Aycliffe runners participated in Morpeth to Newcastle events last month.
There was a choice of full marathon or cycle sportive from Morpeth to Newcastle or the half marathon from Spanish City Whitley Bay to Newcastle.
Sandra Collins participated in the marathon completing it in time of 4 hours 33 mins.
The marathon route...
November 9th, 201602924In the November-December 2016 issue of Aycliffe Today Business...
Our main/cover feature is with Vital Fire Services, the trading arm of County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue, which has used diversification to benefit businesses across the region with a state-of-the-art new fire extinguisher.
Also featuring in this issue:...
