Newton Aycliffe-based Growthfunders, the North of England’s first online equity crowdfunding platform, has made an important appointment to help provide support for investors and entrepreneurs. Jenna Taylor has been appointed by the County Durham and London based company behind the platform, Growth Capital Ventures, as Content Marketing...

Newly-qualified drivers in County Durham who get on the road with a safer driving course could be in line for a £500 cash prize. The EXCELerate Durham Young Driver Programme includes three-hours of practical in-car coaching and those who complete this will be entered into a prize draw. Figures released by Road Safety GB North East show...

A local project aimed at supporting people hit by benefit cuts under the Government’s Welfare Reform agenda will officially launch in Newton Aycliffe this week. The ‘Welfare Champions’ project has recruited a small army of local volunteers who will provide advice and guidance to people in their own neighbourhoods to anyone who has...

By Martin Walker The former Tetley’s Tea factory on Aycliffe Business Park has been refurbished ready for its new tenants. Two Newcastle-based firms have joined forces to facilitate a deal with Tekmar Energy, who have taken a lease on the 90,000 sq ft warehouse. Silverstone Building Consultancy have recently completed a...

Greenfield Community College’s Youth Dance Group 'Grounded' were invited to perform in the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival at the Sage Gateshead earlier this month. The group of students: Charlotte Hugill, David Hugill, Ami Henderson, Tira Sperring, Isabelle Street, Samantha Clark and Sophie Hayes, have been rehearsing once a week with...

Aycliffe Sports Club 4, Tomkins 1 By Paul Eales With everything still to play for in the DSIL Division 2 title race, Newton Aycliffe Sports Club continued their challenge with a comfortable win at home. Both sides met just a fortnight ago, with the Aycliffe side triumphing 3-2 in a game played in tough conditions. The home side...

Woodham Academy’s successful House Competitions continued recently with an educational game of Twister! To make the game more competitive, Twister was multiplied in order to fit the Main Hall of the school. The circles which are usually the primary colours were changed to represent the colours of the three houses: blue-Lambton, orange-...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe concrete reinforcing company reckons the construction industry is well on the mend after seeing a sharp rise in enquiries and contract wins. After seeing out a depressing lull in business, Allan Oliver Reinforcing is currently working on 10 projects simultaneously across the North-East, while the phone...

Yates 3, Huntsman 2 (after extra-time) The Huntsman were dumped out of the League Cup by Darlington side Yates in a quarter-final defeat on Sunday. Having beaten Yates twice already this season Huntsman were favourites for the clash but this game was to be whole lot different from previous encounters due to a completely different team...

A commercial food waste facility has visited more schools in County Durham as part of its Waste Warriors campaign to talk about food waste and help pupils understand the growing impact of disposing of unwanted food. Emerald Biogas, based on Aycliffe Business Park, recently launched the campaign to schools across the north east in response...