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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November 24th, 201502562More than 500 properties were found to be at risk of burglary during ‘dark nights’ patrols across the force area in just one week.
The operation formed part of a force-wide initiative to prevent crime on the run-up to Christmas.
Durham Constabulary officers and staff from neighbourhood police teams, alongside Neighbourhood...
November 23rd, 201502100Leading entrepreneurs from across a range of different sectors inspired more than 200 North-East business leaders at Redworth Hall.
The ‘Fortune Favours The Brave’ event, organised by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, featured a host of entrepreneurs from the business world, an Olympic champion, British basketball’s most successful...
November 23rd, 201503011When Newton Aycliffe Youth FC Under 13 Falcons badly needed a new playing kit and winter tracksuits they asked for help and got an S.O.S response…quite literally!
Stephen O’Sullivan, of S.O.S Plumbing & Heating Services in Ferryhill, did what others found difficult and put his hand in his pocket to sponsor the Falcons and...
November 23rd, 201502183Colne 3, Newton Aycliffe 5 (AET)
FA Vase R2, Saturday 21st November
Aycliffe progressed to the last 64 of the FA Vase with a tremendous extra-time win at North West Counties League leaders Colne.
The win earned Aycliffe a home tie against Atherton Collieries at Moore Lane Park on Saturday 12th December.
Aycliffe's victory in...
November 23rd, 201502250Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have seen their joint share of the groceries market double to 10% in just three years, industry figures show.
Analysts Kantar Worldpanel said Aldi, which has a Newton Aycliffe store, enjoyed a 5.6% market share in the 12 weeks to November 8 this year.
Lidl has seen its national market share climb...
November 23rd, 201503836Newtonian Rhys Galloway has taken the web by storm with a wonder goal scored for Aycliffe Juniors Under 8’s in a TJFA league game for the club.
Rhys, who regularly turns out for Aycliffe Juniors Under 8’s, lined up for his Sunday morning game alongside team mates facing Darlington All Stars.
He went on to score a hat-trick...
November 23rd, 201501930Residents in County Durham are invited to sign up for next year’s garden waste collection service.
Durham County Council will resume the fortnightly collections for more than 190,000 eligible properties in March 2016.
Householders can subscribe to the service, which offers 17 collections between spring and autumn, for an annual...
November 17th, 201502626Collins Seafoods is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of ‘frozen at sea’ fish with an award-winning reputation spanning almost 40 years - a true North-East success story.
The family-run company’s HQ is in the heart of Newton Aycliffe, at Heighington Lane Business Park, from where their team supplies fish and chip shops across...
November 17th, 201503841Prudhoe & Stocksfield 3, Newton Aycliffe 65
Newton Aycliffe travelled to the little village of Stocksfield to play their tenth league game of the season.
Apart from the smell of burning rubber the journey on the coach was uneventful except for one passenger who foresaw death and destruction around every corner.
Arriving at...
November 17th, 201502150Students from Woodham Academy have been delighted to receive individual letters from various members of the royal family.
Year 9 students were asked to compose a letter to a member of the royal family.
They were encouraged to conduct research on someone they admired which would help form the content of the letter.
The process...
