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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December 18th, 201502939There will be changes to some bin collections over the festive period in County Durham.
The changes, during Christmas and New Year weeks only, affect rubbish and recycling bins which are normally emptied on a Friday.
Collections which would have been due on Friday 25 December will instead take place on Monday 28 December.
And...
December 18th, 201503221A husband-and-wife team have undergone a rebrand of their design agency following the birth of their first child.
KINSHIP is the new name for Jonathan and Sarah Carlton’s family business, based on Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe.
Sarah had been the creative force behind her previous business NEON Durham for the last...
December 18th, 201502162Hitachi Rail Europe has appointed a Sunderland firm s contract cleaners at its state-of-the-art factory.
Maxim Facilities Management is the latest firm to be named as a contractor to the new £82m train-assembling facility on Aycliffe Business Park.
The largest independent contract cleaning and facilities management firm in the...
December 18th, 201502078Christmas officially arrived at Woodham Academy when the school opened the doors for its Christmas Fair.
The hall was filled with gifts galore with stallholders providing crafts and trinkets, jewellery, homeware and festive treats.
There was lots to do for the youngsters with free face painting, biscuit decorating, arts and crafts,...
December 18th, 201502183Newton Aycliffe firm Roman has introduced three new apprenticeships into different departments within the company.
The shower designer and manufacturer has welcomed three new apprentices to add to the many they already have.
Jack Mitchell, from Aycliffe, is in customer relations, Ciaran Kelly, also from Aycliffe, in joinery and...
December 18th, 201502219Newtonian and former Woodham Academy pupil, Kate Avery landed a top three position at the European Cross County Championships held in Hyeres, France this weekend.
Athlete Kate held a strong position throughout the race before powering on in the final lap to achieve an emotional silver medal.
Kate, who did not expect to be attending...
December 14th, 201504411Police have formally identify the man who died at a recycling depot on Saturday (December, 13).
Forty-seven year-old Simon Hogg, from Darlington, was killed after becoming trapped in a machine at Wades Ltd in Newton Aycliffe.
Emergency services were called to Wade's Quarry just after 12noon to reports of two men with serious...
December 14th, 201503248Newton Aycliffe firm Addo Printing has gone into administration with the loss of 28 jobs.
As reported by Aycliffe Today 10 days ago, staff were laid off at the Aycliffe printers as managing director Keiran Bayley sought to find a “resolution”.
But it’s been confirmed that insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor was called in on...
December 13th, 201504191A man has been killed and another seriously injured after an incident at Wade’s recycling centre near Newton Aycliffe.
Durham Constabulary confirmed this afternoon that a Health and Safety Executive an investigation is ongoing in relation to the incident, which happened on Saturday morning.
A statement said: “Unfortunately, as...
December 10th, 201502790Hitachi Rail Europe’s newly-installed production team has started work on the first two train carriages at the Japanese firm’s new £82m factory in Newton Aycliffe.
The first body shells arrived at the Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Facility on Aycliffe Business Park from Hitachi’s Kasado Works in Japan in October.
“Knowledge...
