Aycliffe Today Business Aycliffe Today Business Issue 42 | Page 27

The magazine for Aycliffe Business Park | 27 Seven Up! Aycliffe Today Business marks anniversary A ycliffe Business Park’s magazine marks a seven-year anniversary as we approach the end of 2019. Aycliffe Today Business launched in November 2012, with then-Ebac boss Pamela Petty starring as the debut edition cover star. After starting out with just 16 pages – and with only a handful of clients – another 41 issues have been produced since. Covers have featured a number of well-known personalities from around the business park, while the magazine has covered stories and features on more than 200 businesses – from AAA Caring Caretaker to the Xcel Centre – and almost everyone in between. Almost 150 firms have also used Aycliffe Today Business for their marketing needs – whether it be for PR, brand awareness, direct advertising or for recruitment purposes. Aycliffe Today Business is the business magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – the North-East’s largest business park, home to 500 companies and an estimated 10-12,000 employees – and the publication provides a professional platform to tell everyone about their services and success stories. With an estimated readership of more than 8,000, copies are mailed direct to hundreds of businesses, while the rest are distributed by hand across the park as well as nearby hotels, restaurants and conference centres. “Our trained journalists can write your advertorial features, take your pictures and design your ads, all as part of our service,” says Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker. “With a combined readership in print, online and social media of 50,000+, we provide Aycliffe businesses with the strongest and unrivalled local media platform, to put themselves in front of other businesses as well as thousands of local people.” Aycliffe Today Business is a privately- owned independent publication – published and distributed free of charge, and is funded by sponsored content, as well as traditional advertising. Space is available from £250 (half page), £450 (full page) or £695 (double page) – the rates include all content being professionally produced. With an estimated readership of more than 8,000, copies are mailed direct to hundreds of businesses, while the rest are distributed by hand across the park as well as nearby hotels, restaurants and conference centres. To get involved in future issues, call 01325 728024 or email [email protected]