Locks and lights will be fitted to hundreds of homes in County Durham and Darlington as part of an £800,000 scheme to reduce burglary and improve community safety. Earlier this year, the Office of the Durham Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner (PCVC) submitted two bids to the Home Office’s £25million Safer Streets Fund, which provides...

A County Durham industrial cleaning contractor has its sights set on national expansion after growth fuelled by Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP) Incubator Zone EMCON exhibition. Ferryhill-based Orca Cleaning Services is one of over 50 companies from across County Durham who have taken part in the Incubator Zone since its inception...

County Durham residents struggling with high energy bills can use a council service to assess where savings can be made. Durham County Council’s Managing Money Better scheme can carry out a free home energy assessment, which includes: • Assessing fuel bills and helping to switch suppliers if savings can be made. • Making sure...

Aycliffe Business’s sister publication, Tees Business, celebrated the launch of the Tees Tech Awards in August – with the virtual event being streamed as live on YouTube. Thousands of people tuned into the inaugural event, which was designed to champion the Tees Valley’s tech and digital sector. It was organised by Resolution Media and...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Spennymoor Town 1 By Joe Rammage Newton Aycliffe gave an excellent account of themselves as they were narrowly beaten by Spennymoor Town at The Beaumont Landscapes Stadium. Glen Taylor scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot 18 minutes from time as a game Aycliffe matched their Vanarama National League...

The Greenfield Community College ‘Class of 2020’ have faced an extraordinary number of challenges this year. This made results day a very special occasion and a chance to finally celebrate the hard work and success of Year 11 students. The results were very positive with a good proportion of students achieving 100% of their target...

Aycliffe Business’s sister publication Wear Business have launched a Covid recovery issue of its publication after a short delay. Resolution Media and Publishing, owned by Aycliffe Business editor Martin Walker and his business partner Dave Allan, published the second issue of the business magazine seven months after officially launching the...

By Paul Dalton Unfortunately, the last few months have seen club activities come to a standstill – but this doesn’t mean that the members of Aycliffe Running Club have been inactive. Whilst racing as we know it has not taken place, many event organisers introduced the concept of ‘virtual’ races, and our members have recently...

Around 100 jobs will be created in County Durham in preparation for and during the Census 2021. Durham County Council is supporting the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in the next upcoming census which is proposed to take place on Sunday, 21 March 2021. Every ten years, ONS carries out a census to find out more about the people who live...

Tekmar Group companies Tekmar Energy and Pipeshield International have revealed they’ve won multiple contracts to supply subsea asset protection and stabilisation technologies to energy companies and tier one contractors in the Middle East. The combined scope of work include the design, engineering manufacturing and supply of over 6,000m of...