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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August 19th, 201502488FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round: Nelson 0, Newton Aycliffe 4
By Bob Wood
Newton Aycliffe progressed into the Preliminary Round of the Emirates FA Cup for only the second time in their history with an excellent 4-0 win over Lancashire side Nelson FC.
Aycliffe took almost half an hour to get into their stride with keeper James...
August 19th, 201502817Huntsman 5, FC Tow Law 2
By Craig Woodhead
The Huntsman continued their terrific start to the season with a convincing 5-2 victory over FC Tow Law on Sunday.
Manager Neil Dodds named a virtually unchanged side from the victory over Kirk Merrington, with Ste Williams replacing Carl Bates at right-back the only...
August 19th, 201502701A round-up of the weekend's cricket action...
Saturday 15th August - NYSD Division 2
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Yarm 1st XI - weather was warm and sunny. Aycliffe won the toss and asked Yarm to bat first.
Yarm 1st XI 187 all out after 48.3 overs
Luke Telford 5 for 20 and Colin Myers 2 for 21
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 124 all out after...
August 14th, 201505300By Ashleigh Jones
Newton Aycliffe father-of-one Reece McAllister fought his way to the top in the world’s biggest Muay Thai boxing competition.
Reece was crowned Top King World Champion in Hong Kong at the end of July.
The 23-year-old travelled across the world to represent England in the tournament where he had two days to...
August 14th, 201505085With the third phase of the Newton Aycliffe town centre redevelopment close to be completed, Aycliffe Today reporter Ashleigh Jones asked a number of shoppers what they think of the town centre to date...
With the town centre developments continuing over the last two years, the award-winning, multi-million pound plan is beginning to...
August 14th, 201502388West Allotment Celtic 0, Newton Aycliffe 4
By Bob Wood
Matty Moffat opened his account for Aycliffe with two goals in a comfortable win at West Allotment Celtic.
Aycliffe gained the three points with a 4-0 scoreline against the Newcastle side on Wednesday night.
The first half saw Aycliffe make a hesitant start with keeper...
August 14th, 201502967By Craig Woodhead
The Huntsman got life in Division 2 of the Wear Valley Sunday League off to a great start following a resounding 5-1 victory over Kirk Merrington Half Moon.
The manger handed debuts to keeper Nathan Wintour, Stuart Ord, Paul Barnes and Reed Molloy.
And it was the Huntsman who started brightly and forced a...
August 12th, 201506891Thrill-seeking people of all ages can now enjoy a state-of-the-art activity centre which has opened on the site of a former World War II munitions factory in Newton Aycliffe.
ROF 59 is a £1.1m, 70,000 sq ft mixed-leisure complex which opened its doors on Aycliffe Business Park this week, creating 20 new jobs.
Owners Finley...
August 12th, 201502804Police would like to speak to a woman in connection with an alleged theft.
CCTV stills have been released of a female, who's believed to live locally, in relation to a theft which happened at the Co-Op store, Neville Parade, last Saturday (8th August).
Anyone who recognises her is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference...
August 12th, 201502850Contract wins in the Outer Hebrides and Cornwall are helping a Newton Aycliffe construction firm grow from strength to strength.
Raisco, based on Aycliffe Business Park, hit their target of a £7.5m turnover at the end of March after winning work to build new stores for European retailer Lidl earlier this year.
Now the steel...
