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AYCLIFFE TODAY PEOPLE | 3 @AYCLIFFETODAY NEWS BRIEFS WELCOME GESTAMP TALLENT EXCLUSIVE FOREWORD By Martin Walker, Editor FREE editorials in Aycliffe Today! Yes that’s right, FREE editorials in Aycliffe Today. In fact, contrary to a minority belief, we’ve ALWAYS done free editorials for community organisations, sporting clubs and charities - many of whom will testify to that. Not only that, we’re the ONLY Aycliffe-based media outlet which employs professional journalists, so our publications are the only way for groups and organisations in Aycliffe to get their message out there in a proper and professional way. Since we launched www. aycliffetoday.co.uk more than three years ago, which has since become the most popular website for news in Aycliffe, we’ve attended countless events, PR and interview opportunities and done our own editorial features on many clubs and groups on the town. I have also personally done free publicity work for the Aycliffe Business Park Community group, promoting our business park in the local area and to a wider audience in North East publications such as The Northern Echo, Journal and Teesside Gazette and online business media forums like Bdaily, Insider Media and BQ-online. Many of our readers will also be well aware of some of the voluntary work I’ve done to promote the town’s football club over the years, as well as offering them thousands of pounds FOLLOW US! 4,400 likes worth of free space in our business magazine. We do, however, charge commercial profit-making businesses to write advertorials for our publications, and we do this for three reasons. • We publish high-quality magazines which are expensive to print so that needs to pay its own way; • We offer a professional journalism service, the only in Newton Aycliffe; • Companies are in the business of making money, and advertorials are just another form of advertising. As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating; and our Aycliffe Today Business magazine continues to thrive because companies want to be seen in it. We’ll continue to offer free space to community groups, charities and sporting clubs who need publicity, and write our own features on them when they’re not able to - as we have countless times before. So get in touch if you need to promote anything - we’re always happy to help. We hope you enjoy this first Aycliffe Today People issue of 2015 - we’ll be back in the summer. Cheers Martin Walker Editor, Aycliffe Today Email: [email protected] 5,000 followers CONTACTS - AYCLIFFE TODAY PEOPLE Aycliffe Today: The HUB, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, DL5 6ZE www.aycliffetoday.co.uk Published by: Mantis Media Ltd, www.mantis-media.com Designed by: NEON, www.youareneon.co.uk Editor: Martin Walker Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Email: [email protected] Contributors to this issue: Martin Walker, Ryan Burton Photography: Martin Walker Disclaimer: All advertisements are accepted in good faith and while we make every effort to ensure accuracy, we can’t accept responsibility for incorrect information. All views expressed within aren’t necessarily the views of Aycliffe Today. The copying of all material is strictly prohibited without permission. Newton Aycliffe’s biggest employer has further increased staff numbers to accommodate the launch of new business with its automotive customers. Gestamp Tallent has employed 150 new people in the last six months, increasing its workforce to 1,322, with 1,104 of them living within a 10mile radius of its Aycliffe Business Park site. The company also boasts impressive staff retention rates and long service history. You can read our full exclusive story on Gestamp Tallent in the business section of www.aycliffetoday.co.uk RAISCO LANDS LIDL DEAL Newton Aycliffe company Raisco has landed a multi-million-pound agreement to build new stores for Lidl, one of the largest food retailers in Europe. The construction firm, based on Aycliffe Business Park, has been approved as a principle