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Award-winning Middleton Hall becomes first UK retirement village to be employee owned

A north east retirement village that has attracted accolades across the board has become the first in the UK to…
Festival of Thrift Ringmaster 2018

Opportunities for ethical businesses committed to sustainability at 2019 National Festival of Thrift

The award-winning National Festival of Thrift, the go-to event for anyone passionate about good living in sustainable ways, has opened…
Jackie Cardus, Middleton Hall’s Middleton Court Manager, and Greg Whalen

High-flier Greg joins the team at leading retirement village

A masters graduate has joined the team at one of the UK’s leading retirement villages as part of a prestigious…
Middleton Hall’s Fiona Green and Jeremy Walford at the ARCO exhibition at the Houses of Parliament

Middleton Hall in bid for parliamentary support for growth in retirement communities

Representatives of a north east retirement village visited the Houses of Parliament recently on a mission to gain backing from…
Harry Worrow and Elaine Wells, Healthy Living Advisors at Middleton Hall’s Spa

Retirement village celebrates another year of sharing success with staff

Hot on the heels of the announcement that the company is to become employee owned, Middleton Hall staff are to…
Alison Crake addressing the NAFD national conference

North east businesswoman appointed to oversee UK’s funeral profession

A Teesside funeral home owner has been inaugurated as the new President of the UK funeral industry’s leading independent trade…
Over 35,000 Festival of Thrift visitors helped to boost the Redcar economy in 2016

Festival of Thrift’s £500k boost for Redcar

Last year’s Festival of Thrift at Kirkleatham delivered a much-welcomed boost for the area according to figures released in its…
(L-R) Danielle Huntingdon and Lauren Pringle, Wynyard Park’s Self-Build Sales Executives

Wynyard Park plans more grand design homes

Demand is so high for plots to design and build dream homes at the exclusive Wynyard Park housing development on…
Rob Lynas of Lynas Engineers

Teesside engineering consultancy doubles in size

A Wilton Centre-based civil and highways engineering design consultancy is doubling its headcount and workspace only five months after its…
Crake and Mallon has been established for over 45 years

Stockton funeral firm leads way with online pricing

A well-established Teesside family funeral firm has published the prices of its funerals online in a bid to help families…
Crake & Mallon is addressing the issue of funeral affordability

Stockton funeral firm’s bid to keep funerals affordable

A family-owned funeral firm in Stockton on Tees has launched an initiative aimed at easing the pressure of paying for…
Crake & Mallon Funeral Director Lee Crawford who is BSL trained

Stockton funeral firm offers sign language support service

Stockton-based funeral firm Crake & Mallon has introduced a unique sign language support service. The service, which is being provided by…