Property business Dixons Industrial Holdings (DIH) has been able to make the difference at Aycliffe Business Park, thanks to the North East Business Support Fund. Established in 2014, the business had identified a ‘next generation’ niche requirement in the fully-serviced SME office space market and required a branding strategy and launch...

The owner of a chain of Domino’s franchises – including the Newton Aycliffe outlet – has been praised after committing to deliver 300 free pizzas a day to health workers during the coronavirus crisis. Mike Racz, owner of the Wynyard-based Racz Group, says his Domino’s stores across the region will supply pizzas to hospitals, district...

Business Durham interim managing director Sarah Slaven provided the guest foreword for the 44th issue of the new-look Aycliffe Business magazine… I am delighted to be asked to write this preface for the relaunch of Aycliffe Business. While it may now have a slightly different name – and a distinctly different look – this printed and...

Community leader Nev Jones is urging the people of Newton Aycliffe to keep heeding government advice and stay off the streets during the Covid-19 lockdown. Nev, who runs local firm J&C Coaches as well as the Aycliffe Community Spirit group, spoke to Aycliffe Today in the first of a series of webchats on our Facebook page. “Nobody is...

Business owners across County Durham have spoken of their relief at the quick processing of support grants by Durham County Council. The grants were launched late last week to help businesses through the Coronavirus pandemic and council staff have since worked tirelessly to process payments. To date, the council has already supported 3,575...

Newton Aycliffe’s MP says he’s proud of the way the general public has reacted to social distancing measures – but insists we must keep it going for a few weeks yet, amid the coronavirus crisis. The Conservative MP for Sedgefield Paul Howell admits it’s difficult to maintain measures not seen in peace time – but that it has to be done...

Finley Structures has won a contract to fabricate 12,000 metres of steel for Durham County Council’s new futuristic offices on the banks of the river Wear. Work to build a smaller, more efficient headquarters for the region’s largest council began earlier this year, paving the way for a new multi-million-pound business district at Aykley...

Thousands of households across County Durham are set to benefit from extra help in covering the cost of their council tax bills during the coronavirus pandemic. Durham County Council already provides council tax discounts of up to 100 per cent to eligible households through its Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) and is one of only a small...

Durham County Council has thanked kind-hearted residents for the flurry of messages of thanks received by its bin crews during the coronavirus pandemic. The local authority is ensuring residents’ refuse and recycling bins continue to be emptied as it strives to maintain delivery of essential services amid the government guidance aimed at...

A hand sanitiser production facility at Newton Aycliffe will help British chemical firm INEOS produce one million bottles a month during the coronavirus pandemic. INEOS, which already operates sites at Seal Sands and Newton Aycliffe, initially revealed it would build the new plant within ten days – meaning it could be ready by the end of this...