The March-April 2016 issue of Aycliffe Today includes features with: Sara Davies from Crafter’s Companion, MSeven Real Estate, Prismatic Thinking, Woodham Academy, Endeavour Partnership, SCH Site Services, ROF 59, Thrive Marketing, Local Motion, CEO Sleepout, Alex Lineton from Beaumont Grounds Maintenance and a special five-page feature on...

A range of community schemes and activities have been boosted by neighbourhood grants donated by Newton Aycliffe’s seven County councillors. Boosting the local economy, providing activities for young people and supporting improvements to highways and the environment are just some of the initiatives local councillors have helped develop, in...

A community cafe in Newton Aycliffe is celebrating British Pie Week by baking a popular pie every day. Michele Bainbridge at the MoreTime Café, which is at DISC’s building next to the Blue Bridge in the town, thought it’d be a great idea to get involved in the British pie celebration. Michelle, pictured just before tucking into a mine...

Tesco and FareShare are calling out to charities and community groups in the North East to register for an exciting new service which will see unsold food become meals for vulnerable people across the city. As part of its ongoing pledge to cut food waste, Tesco’s Community Food Connection programme with FareShare FoodCloud will recruit and...

Northern Powerhouse Minister James Wharton has announced his intention to back the Brexit campaign. The Conservative MP for Stockton South revealed on his Twitter page that he was jumping on the Vote Leave bandwagon. Business leaders believe a ‘Brexit’ vote would be damaging to the North East economy. And the North East Chamber of...

Police are appealing for information after a property was burgled in Lockyer Close, Newton Aycliffe. The burglary occurred between 8pm on Thursday 3th March and 7.30am on Friday 4th March in which suspects have accessed the property by an insecure back door and taken the occupants handbag and purse before making off from the scene via the front...

Teesside business performance experts, Prismatic Thinking, have opened a new office in Newton Aycliffe as their expansion starts more quickly than anticipated. Thanks to securing major contracts with the likes of the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC), Crystal Galleries, QA Weldtech in Middlesbrough, national logistics company Yearsley Group...

The Mother’s Day weekend saw some fixtures lost to the heavy rain and others going ahead as the Aycliffe Juniors football season continued in to March... The Under 7’s played away at Billingham, they faced a two goal deficit early on but got back on terms with goals from Ashton and Kai. The home team were strong and scored again to win the...

Police are appealing for people with CCTV cameras in three areas of Newton Aycliffe to help them with their enquiries. It comes after a number of unsecured garages were entered by unknown people in a number of Aycliffe residential areas this week. The incidents happened overnight from Wednesday (2nd March) to the morning of...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker will join more than 30 other business owners and executives to sleep rough for a night in the fight against local poverty and homelessness. But more volunteers are wanted for the charity sleepout event at Preston Park Museum in Stockton. Aycliffe Today Business and our sister magazine, Tees Business, are...