Intermedia Web Development has added three members of staff to the team at its Darlington headquarters.

DUNCAN O'NEIL has been appointed as senior web developer, ANDREW McCARRON is development studio manager and ALEX JONES becomes a junior web designer for GeoNet, the company's franchise operation.

Mr O'Neil, 25, will develop websites for clients. He has a BSc in computer studies and an MSc in multimedia applications from the University of Teesside.

Mr McCarron graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a BSc in computer communications. Previously he has worked in IT support and as a web developer.

Mr Jones, 18, has been appointed as GeoNet's junior web developer after completing A-levels at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, in Darlington.