AN historic upper dale shop is closing after more than a century of trading. Known as “not just a hardware shop” , J Raine & Son, in Middleton-in-Teesdale, is to…

SEVEN years after founding financial advice firm, a Newcastle-based businesswoman has branched out to open an office in Barnard Castle. With more than 28 years’ experience working in some of…

THE former head chef at an Eggleston cafe, which closed in the autumn, has spent the festive period “putting her stamp” on premises in Middleton-in-Teesdale after taking over a popular…

THE quality of the dale’s diverse business sector has been highlighted by major landowner, Lord Barnard. In a wide-ranging address to the Teesdale Business Awards last month, the Raby Estates…