The 43rd issue of Aycliffe Today Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – features the Drug and Alcohol Testing Services, and the vital service it provides to businesses in the North-East region. This issue also includes special features with Sparta Security, AAA Caring Caretaker, Finley Structures and Stiller Warehousing and...

Year 7 Woodham Academy students visited the Palace Green Library in Durham to take part in two workshops organised by Durham4schools. The first session 'What is a book?' challenged students to determine what makes a book a book before considering what books and manuscripts can tell us. The students had the opportunity to handle books from...

Durham County Council has signed the Work to Stop Domestic Abuse charter as part of GMB’s campaign for greater support for employees experiencing domestic abuse. The local authority has pledged to support employees who are experiencing domestic abuse to access support services and information confidentially. Cllr Simon Henig, council...

Businesses can tap into a new pipeline of tech talent thanks to the success of an innovative training programme. RAW Digital Training is part of DurhamWorks delivering their Digital Talent Programme, taking unemployed 16-24-year-olds from County Durham and giving them work-ready teach and digital skills. More than 100 learners have already...

By Donna Campbell Away from racing, this week saw Aycliffe Running Club participate in a campaign set up by England Athletics. The Time To Talk Day is a campaign set up to help promote positive mental health that can be achieved through running and is supported by Mind. The Time to Talk Day was on Thursday 6th February. The idea is to...

Two UK-based rail giants are submitting a ‘Great British’ train proposal to High Speed Two (HS2) that would be the most advanced, customer-oriented train ever to run in the UK. The contract, worth £2.75billion, is to design, build and maintain at least 54 trains for Phase One of HS2. Hitachi has pioneered Japan’s world-renowned...

Crafter’s Companion has named the Bradley Lowery Foundation as its charity of the year. Staff at Crafter’s Companion have organised a number of events to support the foundation throughout the year including a Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge, a summer fundraiser and a special Christmas campaign. The team will also set up in-store...

Thousands of trees will be planted across County Durham’s towns and villages to create greener and healthier urban areas. As part of Forestry Commission’s Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF), Durham County Council has secured almost £500,000 to plant thousands of trees in spaces where tree canopy is low. Over the next two years large trees...

The County Durham Growth Fund is celebrating having invested more than £500,000 in three businesses from across the county within 10 months of its launch. Established in April 2019, the three-year fund is a £4.9m investment scheme providing funding to small and medium sized businesses in County Durham to accelerate their growth. The fund...

Sedgefield 75 swimming club sent six swimmers to Durham last weekend to compete in Durham Swimming Club’s Valentines Gala. Youngest of the six was Ellis Dickinson who swam his first 100m race in competition and also slashed a combined ten seconds from his 50m backstroke and freestyle times showing excellent progression. Dylan Forster had...