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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September 28th, 201502751Here's a brief history of news about the UTC over the last two years...
September 2013 - Plans revealed
University of Sunderland Professor Gary Holmes reveals exciting plans for the UTC at a meeting of th Aycliffe Business Park Community. We exclusively broke the story.
August 2014 - Government backing
The Government confirms...
September 28th, 201502010A new cycle shelter has been officially unveiled at Sabre Rail on Aycliffe Business Park.
The shelter provides storage for up to 20 cycles and is available for use by staff and visitors to the company.
The £5,000 shelter was funded by Local Motion, the sustainable transport project for South Durham, and was officially opened by...
September 28th, 201501744Woodham Academy is celebrating another good year of language results.
All students at Woodham Academy learn a language, with around two thirds taking a GCSE.
And the school says 80% of students taking French this summer achieved a good GCSE grade (A*-C grade).
Woodham's head of languages John Coley said: “I am so proud of our...
September 28th, 201501892Team Local Motion popped into 3M with Dr Bike and Operation Spoke to give employees’ bikes a bit of a health check and security mark them for free.
Dr Bike is a service which checks that bikes are safe to ride. The mechanic demonstrates how to do a simple check of the bike to ensure all the working and moving parts of it are...
September 28th, 201502146Newton Aycliffe 0, North Ferriby Utd 0
Emirates FA Cup, second qualifying round
By Bob Wood
Newton Aycliffe pulled off one of the surprises of the FA Cup so far by holding a side 73 places above them to a draw at Moore Lane Park.
North Ferriby play in the National League North, formerly the Conference North, which is three...
September 26th, 201502062Newton Aycliffe chairman Allan Oliver says Saturday's FA Cup tie at home to North Ferriby is the biggest occasion in the club's history.
Aycliffe welcome the Conference North side to Moore Lane Park in the second qualifying round of the famous competition today (3pm kick-off).
The Blues would pocket £4,500 in prize money if they...
September 26th, 201502524Newton Aycliffe captain Paul Garthwaite reckons the Newtonians are capable of pulling off a dream FA Cup victory today.
Peter Dixon's side face Conference North outfit North Ferriby United in the second qualifying round of the famous competition at Moore Lane Park today (3pm kick-off).
Aycliffe go into the game as huge underdogs...
September 25th, 201505142A PE teacher has taken on a new role at the ROF 59 activity centre on Aycliffe Business Park as the complex opened its state-of-the-art trampoline park.
Peter Ramsey has been appointed leisure manager at the family fun venue, which has been built on the site of a former World War II munitions factory.
The 38-year-old father-of-two...
September 25th, 201502860Police have issued a picture of a man they're looking for.
Officers say Craig Beal, pictured above, is wanted in relation to an offence committed in the Shildon area.
Anyone who knows where he is is asked to call police on 101.
September 25th, 201502125Paul McGeary takes a closer look at Newton Aycliffe's FA Cup visitors to Moore Lane on Saturday...
Newton Aycliffe will look to rewrite their own history books again this weekend with a giantkilling cup victory against a side who aren’t strangers to their own bit of historical giantkilling.
Current FA Trophy holders North Ferriby...
