A Newton Aycliffe-based grounds maintenance and landscaping company is celebrating a year of significant growth, due to a recent programme of investment into the future of the business. Family-run Beaumont Grounds Maintenance (BGM), which marked its 50th anniversary last year, saw an increased turnover of 36% on 2014, which it puts down to...

A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action... Saturday 4th June – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Maltby 1st XI – weather was dry and cloudy. Aycliffe won the toss and decided to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 159 all out after 42 overs Sam Telford 74 not out, Adam Gittins 22 and Ryan Dawson 14 Maltby 1st XI 162 for 6...

Two dads have scaled the equivalent height of the world’s tallest building to raise cash for a County Durham hospital’s children’s ward. Newton Aycliffe workmates Andy Braid and Elliott Young scrambled up the seven-metre climbing walls 130 times each at the ROF 59 activity centre in Newton Aycliffe. The feat was the equivalent of...

Crafter’s Companion welcomed hundreds of visitors to the opening of its first UK store in Newton Aycliffe over the bank holiday weekend. Crafters from all over the country attended the launch of the company’s flagship store, which is the first of its kind in the UK. The store, which opened to the public on Friday 27th May following a...

Jessie Joe Jacobs is North East Field Director for Britain Stronger In Europe, the designated pro-EU cross-party campaign to secure a Remain vote at the EU Referendum on June 23. Jessie tells Aycliffe Today Business why staying in the EU is vital for Newton Aycliffe... It is clear our region is changing. For a long time, we struggled to move on...

Members of Aycliffe Business Park can now take advantage of new funding available for micro and small business. The Durham Coast and Lowlands LEADER programme offers grant funding for businesses looking to expand, enhance productivity and create jobs. Grants of between £2,500 and £140,000 are available for a variety of outlays including...

Members of a Newton Aycliffe gym have raised thousands of pounds for a charity which helped a young girl recover from an accident which permanently damaged her face. It took 45 members of Aspire Fitness eight hours to walk 22 miles from Cholesford to Walltown Quarry – part of Hadrians Wall – to raise around £5,000 for Changing...

Mark Whitaker from Aycliffe firm Commercial Expert brings some useful financial advice... Large corporate businesses have been using IRP for many years to help with planning. But, more recently, banks started making this available at a lower borrowing level to smaller, less sophisticated borrowers. Whilst this has caused some issues (as...

Aycliffe Club runners have participated in a 6.5 mile race and a regional track and field league, enjoying success. Club runner Ian Wilks competed in the North East Masters track and field league at Monkton Stadium. He ran 85 seconds for the 400 meters, 3.03 for the 800 meters, 5.59 for 1500 meters and 12.44 for the 3000 meters. He placed first...

A Newton Aycliffe mum has been reunited permanently with her family, after a year-long hospital stay. Nicola Maull, 44, was running a successful Prom dress shop when she was suddenly struck down with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMO) in June 2015. The rare disease, which attacks the optic nerve and spinal cord affects just one in...