No Silent Night for Seaton Meadows landfill as Christmas Deadline Looms.... A Rubbish Ending: Seaton Meadows Landfill Site in Hartlepool Faces the Axe as Companies House launches Strike off Bid.... 27 October 2026 | The Teesside & Durham Post | Exclusive Follow-Up The future of Hartlepool's controversial Seaton Meadows landfill has been thrown into yet nmore uncertainty, after Companies House this week issued a fresh compulsory strike-off notice against the company responsibl

Theakston Estates: The £3.8 Million Property Firm That's Closing Its Doors Teesworks Property Mogul Winds Up £3.77 Million Company as Questions Mount Over Assets... 23rd October 2026 An Eaglescliffe property investment company controlled in part by prominent Tees Valley developer Martin Corney is being wound up, with its latest accounts revealing almost £3.8 million pounds in assets, with the development coming just months after an investigation raised questions about the gro

Putting a Lid on It: Seaton Meadows Landfill Could Be Capped for Good Buried in Trouble: Seaton Meadows Landfill Could Be Sealed as Operator Fights Environment Agency 23rd October 2026 The future of one of Hartlepool's most controversial landfill sites has taken another significant turn, after residents have reportedly been told that Seaton Meadows landfill located on the outskirts of Hartlepool could potentially be capped, sealed and restored rather than having enormous quan

Focus on Failure: Hartlepool Removals Firm Goes Into Liquidation After Years of Financial Trouble A Move Too Far? Hartlepool Removals Firm Collapses Under Weight of Mounting Financial Troubles... 21st October 2026 A Hartlepool-based removals and storage company has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation after its most recently published accounts revealed huge financial liabilities, with more than £330,000 recorded as owing to creditors in 2024. Focus Removals & Storage/Tees

Thirteen Eyes Control of Another 1,600 Homes as Questions Grow Over Its Housing Dominance Teesside Landlord Becoming Too Big to Challenge: Thirteen's Proposed Merger With Another Housing Corporation Raising Questions Over Social Housing Market Dominance. 17th October 2026 One of the North East’s largest so called 'social housing landlords' could be about to get even bigger, after its emerged the Middlesbrough-based Thirteen Housing Group is considering joining forces with ano

Trevor Sherwood was ordered to pay £1,500 pounds as a settlement of a Director Misconduct Claim around the time he served as Trustee for the now embattled Hartlepool Charity 'The Wharton Trust'... Liquidators for Collapsed Hartlepool Company Accept £1,500 Settlement From Hartlepool Director, as another firms Finances Come under the Spotlight... 15th October 2026 A former trustee of Hartlepool’s Wharton Trust has reportedly been ordered to pay £1,500 to settle a Director Misc

Hartlepool Charity The Wharton Trust now reportedly under Police Investigation after Discrepancies in its Financial Accounts lead to Police Probe. EXCLUSIVE: Trustees for Troubled Hartlepool Charity The Wharton Trust Break Their Silence Over Police Investigation and Auditors Financial Concerns... 15th October 2026 The charity behind Hartlepool’s Annexe community centre has today confirmed that concerns over its finances, governance and operations have been reported to police

From £4.3m Turnover to Administration: How Peterlee Steel Firm Collapsed Unearthed in Administrators Report Peterlee Engineering Firm's Collapse Leaves All 29 Workers Redundant... 15th October 2026 Fresh details have emerged surrounding the collapse of a long-established Peterlee steel fabrication company, with newly published administrators' documents revealing more than £743,000 is now owed to unsecured creditors and questions raised over how much of that money will ever be

Poundland's Future Hangs by a Thread as Fears Grow Over Mass Store Closures Discount Store Chain Poundland Facing Administration AGAIN as Potential Buyers Walk Away From Troubled Retailer... 14th October 2026 Discount retailer Poundland is once again is said to be facing the prospect of collapsing into administration in days, just over a year after narrowly avoiding financial disaster, with thousands of jobs hanging in the balance and potentially serious consequences for stru

Liquidators Recover £197,000 — But Cleveland Fire Brigade Firm's Unsecured Creditors Face Getting Nothing Creditors Left Empty-Handed as Investigation Into Collapsed Fire Brigade Company Continues 14th October 2026 The winding-up of the controversial business which was underpinned with public funding from Cleveland Fire Authority has entered another stage, with liquidators revealing that more than £1 million pounds is owed to unsecured creditors, while investigations into the

Hartlepool Care Home Caught Up in Multi-Million-Pound Investment Scandal Private Jets, Luxury Yachts and £2.8m in Investments: High Court Exposes Collapse of Care Home Empire 11th October 2026 A failed luxury care home investment scheme involving a property in Hartlepool has become the subject of a major High Court ruling, after investors who collectively paid more than £2.8 million pounds successfully established liability against a property marketing company over investment

£16 Million Surplus, Zero Corporation Tax: Believe Housing's Latest Accounts Raise Questions Believe Housing, Based in Seaham County Durham Reports £16.24m Surplus While Treasury Receives No Corporation Tax.... 10th October 2026 One of County Durham's largest so called 'social housing landlords' has managed to dodge yet another significant Corporation Tax Bill reporting a £16.24 million pounds annual surplus while boasting no UK corporation tax being paid for the second conse

Shared Ownership Slump Sees Thirteen Sales Fall From 287 to Just 160 Teesside Based Thirteen Housing Group Sells 127 Fewer Shared Ownership Homes as Turnover Falls £7.8m 9th October 2026 Shared ownership sales at one of the North East’s largest private housing corporations fell sharply during the last financial year, with Thirteen Housing Group completing just 160 sales compared with 287 the year before. Thirteen’s latest annual accounts show that the sales of low-cost home o

Anger as Housing Association Boss Is Paid £228,197 as Thirteen Reports £38.8m Surplus… Thirteen Chief Executive Gets Pay Rise as Tenants Face Higher Rents... 7th October 2026 The chief executive of one of the North East’s largest Tax Dodging social landlords saw his remuneration rise to more than £228,000 last year, while payments to the landlords non-executive board members increased by almost 30%, newly published accounts reveal. Thirteen Housing Group’s annual report and f

Late-Night Battle: Lodge Bar Seeks 3.30am Opening on Church Street Church Street Bar Wants to Stay Open Until 3.30am Seven Days a Week 1st October 2026 A Hartlepool town centre bar is seeking permission to remain open until 3.30am seven days a week — but the plans have attracted formal objections from Cleveland Police and two council departments. The Lodge Bar, at 58 Church Street, will go before Hartlepool Borough Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee on Thursday 8 October after

SA Land Developments Ltd listed its principal trading address as Seaton Meadows Landfill in Hartlepool Taxpayer Faces Major Loss as Hartlepool Landfill Linked Firm Enters Liquidation.... 1st October 2026 Creditors of a company linked to the controversial Seaton Meadows landfill site in Hartlepool appear to be facing the prospect of receiving nothing at all from its liquidation after newly filed insolvency documents revealed an estimated creditor shortfall of more than £885,00

Hartlepool’s Jacksons Wharf Up for Grabs as Marston’s Searches for New Operator £11,000-a-Week Hartlepool Pub Looking for Someone New to Take the Helm 29th Sep 2026 One of Hartlepool Marina’s best-known pubs is looking for a new operator, with The Jacksons Wharf being advertised as an opportunity for an individual, couple or team to take over the running of the waterfront venue. Pub company Marston’s is currently advertising Jacksons Wharf under its Community Wet Partnership

Hartlepool Waterfront Shake-Up: £3.4m Museum Expansion Abandoned as Another Major Scheme Faces Axe.. 23rd Sep 2026 Millions of pounds of public funding associated with the planned expansion of the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Hartlepool may now have to be redirected, after the museum controversially decided not to proceed with plans at Vision Retail Park, newly published council papers reveal. Documents going before Hartlepool Borough Council’s Housing, Growth and Com

Weeks Late: Hartlepool Residents Say Post Is Arriving in Bulk Missed Appointments and Two-Week Parcels as Hartlepool Postal Delays Continue… 22nd Sep 2026 Concerns over Royal Mail services in Hartlepool have resurfaced, with residents living in Hartlepool once again reporting lengthy delays to letters and parcels — just over two months after the Teesside & Durham Post first highlighted problems across the town. The Teesside & Durham Post first reported on the 6th of July 2026

Seaton Meadows Landfill Hartlepool Teesside & Durham Post EXCLUSIVE: Business Linked to Hartlepool Landfill Faces Liquidation 7th September 2026 A company with links to the controversial Seaton Meadows Landfill Site in Hartlepool is moving towards liquidation, according to a formal insolvency notice which has been seen by the Teesside & Durham Post. . SA Land Developments Ltd, company number 13831532, has begun a process which could see insolvency practitioner Andrew J Cordon