Students at Woodham Academy have been busy appointing their new school council following a series of tutor group elections. A total of 60 students, two from each tutor group, were democratically elected to represent their peers. In many cases the competition was tough with students presenting pre-election speeches. If that wasn’t...

Newton Ayliffe boss Peter Dixon is hoping to add to his first point achieved in midweek with his first win at Morpeth this weekend. Aycliffe travel to the eighth-placed Northern League first division side hoping to climb out of the bottom three. Hometown striker Warren Byrne is expected to make his third debut for the club after joining...

Woodham Academy’s American Football team played its second game of the season in the American High School League of Europe Division 2, against the Baumholder Buccaneers, from Baumholder US Army Base in Germany. Woodham, playing alongside Menwith Hill High school, got off to a great start, recovering a fumble, with an ever potent offense...

The boss of one of the North-East's biggest companies returned to his roots in Newton Aycliffe - then said pies were the highlight of his time here! Mike Matthews, managing director of Eaglescliffe-based Nifco UK Ltd and honorary vice president of the NECC, was one of the keynote speakers at the Durham Oktoberfest event in Aycliffe on...

Newton Aycliffe-based media firm Mantis Media is launching an exciting new publication for the Teesside area. The publishers of Aycliffe Today is expanding by starting a new B2B business magazine modelled on the successful, award-winning Aycliffe Today Business. Tees Business will also have 36 pages and will be a high-quality production...

We're finishing off the next issue of Aycliffe Today Business - and there are some last-minute deals to be had! Aycliffe Today Business is the award-winning business magazine for Aycliffe Business Park. With a circulation of 2,500, and one copy being mailed direct to 250 businesses on the park, we publish six issues a year. We're...

By Martin Walker Durham County Councillor Neil Foster says business in County Durham is strong and healthy. Cllr Foster is the local authority's cabinet member for economic regeneration, and we spoke to him at Durham Oktoberfest - the manufacturing and engineering exhibition - on Aycliffe Business Park on Thursday. After seeing a...

One of County Durham’s oldest established heating and plumbing companies, D and J Franks Renewables, has expanded into the Biomass heating sector, which will see the company grow the business and create new jobs. The family-owned business, which has an office on Aycliffe Business Park, was established over 30 years ago and currently...

An ambitious financial services and technology business, which reached its £150,000 crowdfunding target in just 10 minutes, has gone on to raise an additional £85,000, which it will put towards accelerating its growth plan. Growth Capital Ventures, a FinTech firm which develops and operates online funding and investment marketplaces,...

PD Portcentric Logistics, part of the PD Ports Group which has a base on Aycliffe Business Park, has secured a three-year contract with freight forwarding company, Allport Cargo Service, to undertake their LCL deconsolidation service. Allport will move their growing LCL offering from Tilbury to PD Portcentric Logistics’ 500,000 sq. ft....