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June long weekend booked out – summer season looking good

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 July 2020
June long weekend booked out – summer season looking good

Holiday letting agents at Ettalong and Terrigal are reporting the best June long weekend for years. Stephen Brooks from Accom Holiday Rentals told CCBR that all their properties in Ettalong Beach, Terrigal and Avoca Beach were fully booked. “Due to...

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Gosford Central nearing completion

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 July 2020
Gosford Central nearing completion

Sydney apartment developer, EQ Projects, is on track to complete their Gosford development by the end of August. Gosford Central at 277-279 Mann Street, Gosford is opposite Gosford Railway Station and comprises 57 units in total plus two ground floor...

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“Not happy Minister” as Council loses more planning powers

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
“Not happy Minister” as Council loses more planning powers

The 11 May meeting of Central Coast Council will go down as the day this recalcitrant Council reluctantly agreed to hand over more of their planning powers to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces. After three years refusing to...

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Protective Fencing sails through COVID-19 crisis

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Protective Fencing sails through COVID-19 crisis

One of the most talked about issues to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis has been Australia’s dependence on overseas manufactured goods. The much vaunted idea that globalisation would be the panacea to all of Australia’s supply needs from cheap medicines...

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Planning Panel approves Gosford development

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Planning Panel approves Gosford development

The Hunter Central Coast Regional Planning Panel has approved a $133 million residential development for Gosford. The development which was lodged in 2016 was approved by the Panel in May after having been deferred in November 2019 pending further documentation,...

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Local spice merchant to present online at The Oxford

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Local spice merchant to present online at The Oxford

The Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery is an annual event held in the UK to celebrate, explore and share food research by scholars, enthusiastic amateurs, writers and chefs from around the world. For almost 40 years the Symposium has...

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Exporting Australian art from Terrigal

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Exporting Australian art from Terrigal

When Kerry-Anne Blanket opened KAB Gallery under Crowne Plaza Terrigal in 2013 she had a very clear vision as to what she wanted to achieve and how to get there. KAB Gallery would be collectable art specialists for the Central...

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Council changes tack on tourism

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Council changes tack on tourism

At its May 11 meeting Central Coast Council adopted a new way forward in respect of marketing tourism. With the current tourism marketing contract, which had a total focus on digital marketing using social media, expiring on 30 June 2020...

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Innovation an everyday event for small business owners

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Innovation an everyday event for small business owners

One of the most interesting aspects that have emerged from the coronavirus pandemic is the number of experts who, seeing an opportunity, have come out with all sorts of advice on how to get through this crisis. Some of this...

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Bambi flat out selling Australian Made

Posted by Edgar Adams on 3 June 2020
Bambi flat out selling Australian Made

Bambi Enterprises, manufacturers of bedding products, at West Gosford is riding the Australian Made wave as consumers turn away from imported products as a result of the coronavirus. Managing Director, Peter Witney, said online sales had gone through the roof,...

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