Freelance media consultant based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Martin is a trained journalist, having completed his NCTJ newspaper journalism qualification with the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette. He has since worked for the media and publications team at Middlesbrough Football Club (2000-05) and the media department at Sunderland Football Club (2005-09) before setting up his own company, Mantis Media, in the summer of 2009.
He's now Managing Editor of Mantis Media Ltd, which has offices in Newton Aycliffe and Middlesbrough, and represents a number of clients covering a broad range of industries including construction, manufacturing, education, politics and sport, as well as managing and editing all Mantis Media publications including Aycliffe Today Business, Tees Business and www.aycliffetoday.co.uk
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October 2nd, 201502208Pupils from St Francis Junior School celebrated a year of healthier travel with their own special stunt bike show.
Throughout the 2014/15 academic year, pupils at schools across south Durham were again encouraged to walk, scoot or ride to school as part of Durham County Council’s ongoing MEGA Motion campaign.
Earning points every...
October 1st, 201502091A group of students and staff left Woodham Academy, in the very small hour hours of the morning, to spend the last week of the summer term improving their French in the small town of Etaples on the Opal Coast of Northern France.
Sadly, for the first day at least, the soggy English summer accompanied them, so their first sight of the...
October 1st, 201502321A local mum who launched her own enterprise last year has organised an Autumn Fayre for fellow small business owners to showcase their products as the Christmas season looms.
Kim Gauci from Newton Aycliffe has arranged the event at Woodham Community Centre on Saturday October 10th, with several local businesses taking advantage of the...
October 1st, 201501922More than 200 vehicles were left either insecure or with items of value on display when officers carried out force-wide car security checks this week.
Police officers, PCSOs and neighbourhood watch volunteers all took part in the patrols, which were carried out across County Durham and Darlington.
The aim of the operation was to...
October 1st, 201502318One of the town’s McColl's stores has made a donation of £150 to Newton Aycliffe FC to help carry out essential repairs at Moore Lane Park.
The store group makes grants to good causes through its "Making a Difference Locally" initiative.
The football club are the first recipient linked to the Simpasture Gate store, whose manager...
October 1st, 201503451New part-time speed limits will come into force around two Newton Aycliffe schools as part of a campaign.
Durham County Council is launching its Slow to 20 for Safer Streets campaign at St Cuthbert’s Primary School in Chester-le-Street next week.
The new rules will apply to roads near Sugar Hill and St Mary’s primary schools in...
October 1st, 201502892Newton Aycliffe 55, South Shields Marine School 0
By Liam Kelly
Newton Aycliffe stormed to victory against second-top and previously unbeaten South Shields Marine last weekend.
Club captain and stalwart Warren Parsonage described the victory as Aycliffe’s finest hour.
“I have played at Newton Aycliffe, man and boy, for 20...
September 29th, 201502471North Ferriby Utd 3, Newton Aycliffe 0
Emirates FA Cup 2nd preliminary round replay
Newton Aycliffe's brave FA Cup run came to an end with defeat at North Ferriby United tonight.
Following Saturday's 0-0 draw, in which Aycliffe could easily have snatched a shock win, Northern League side Aycliffe travelled to Hull for Tuesday...
September 28th, 201502570The boss of the region's first University Technical College (UTC) says the beginning of construction in Newton Aycliffe marks a "very exciting moment".
Work has now started on the £10m UTC South Durham, an engineering and advanced manufacturing Centre of Excellence, next to Hitachi Rail Europe's new train-assembling factory on...
September 28th, 201502449• UTC South Durham opens in September 2016 and will be the first University Technical College in the North-East.
• UTCs are state-funded technical schools that give students the skills they need to innovate and invent.
• Studying at a UTC provides young people with the opportunity to gain both an academic and technical...
