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Staying positive amid the gloom

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 April 2020
Staying positive amid the gloom

As many would know, this editor has been around for a while and weathered the ups and downs that life over 81 very interesting years throws at us. From the early 1960s onward Australia went through several recessions engineered by...

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Gibbens awards contract for $26m ING call centre building

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 April 2020
Gibbens awards contract for $26m ING call centre building

Central Coast property developers, Gibbens Group have awarded the contract for the construction of their $26 million office building project at North Wyong to Erina based builder Stevens Construction. Construction will commence in June/July with completion in June 2021 and...

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UON opens refurbished Food Science Laboratory

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 April 2020
UON opens refurbished Food Science Laboratory

The Central Coast is well along the way to cementing its place as a leading Food Innovation Region with the opening in March of the refurbished Food Science Laboratory at the University of Newcastle’s Central Coast Campus Ourimbah. Refurbished at...

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Council addressing Coast commuter crisis

Posted by Edgar Adams on 11 March 2020
Council addressing Coast commuter crisis

A recent report on the social impact of commuting, commissioned by Central Coast Council, by research group Urbis confirms the disturbing fact commuters: spend up to five hours a day getting to and from work, family breakdown in the region...

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100 GIGABITS PER SECOND INTERNET FOR GOSFORD AND CENTRAL COAST

Posted by Edgar Adams on 11 March 2020
100 GIGABITS PER SECOND INTERNET FOR GOSFORD AND CENTRAL COAST

It will be revolutionary but the Economic Development team at Central Coast Council, supported by Council’s Chief Information Officer, Peter Auhl, have plans to put Gosford and the Central Coast on the global  map with ultra-fast and affordable Mutli-Gigabit connectivity...

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Chamberlain to lift output following Atlanta USA Expo

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 March 2020
Chamberlain to lift output following Atlanta USA Expo

Chamberlain Group is expecting output of their Grifco Poultry Winch, which is made at their West Gosford factory, to increase by 12% and generate $2.5 million worth of sales following their attendance at the IPPE (International Production and Processing Expo)...

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Council takes space at Nexus

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 March 2020
Council takes space at Nexus

Central Coast Council has leased space at the Nexus Business Hub in Wyong to accommodate their IT and Business Development staff. Negotiations for the lease of the vacant top floor of Nexus took place in late 2019 with Council moving...

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Tim Eaton joins Central Coast Realty

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 March 2020
Tim Eaton joins Central Coast Realty

Tim Eaton, one of the Central Coast’s best known real estate agents specialising in the high end property market has joined Umina based agents Central Coast Realty as Group Sales Manager. Mr Eaton started his career twenty years ago with...

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Phoenix Packaging Expands at Somersby

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 March 2020
Phoenix Packaging Expands at Somersby

The Central Coast’s only manufacturer of cardboard cartons and packaging solutions have moved into a 2,500 sqm warehouse at Somersby, substantially increasing their manufacturing, design and logistics capacity. Phoenix was set up in 2016 by Marc Roberts, David McPherson and...

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Tough start to year but ….

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 March 2020
Tough start to year but ….

Its been a tough start to the year.  It started with fires that threatened the Central Coast but in the end we dodged a bullet as they were stopped before they did any real damage.  Then it was the storm...

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