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Construction has commenced on two new school sites in the centre of Gosford. ET Australia, an independent high school and adult training college, has started a major refit to the former Aldi supermarket site in the Imperial Centre in Gosford CBD in time for the start of the 2021 school year. It is one of two new campuses the innovative school is creating to meet demand from Central Coast, Lake Macquarie and northern Sydney families. ET Australia currently has 170 Year 7 to Year 10 stu...

NSW Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, the Hon Geoff Lee MP, have joined IBM representatives to announce the launch of the Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) program at three high schools on the Central Coast in 2021. Launching at Henry Kendall High School, Kariong Mountains High School and Tumbi Umbi campus of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, the P-TECH program aims to prepare students for technology-related careers through structured workplace experiences and industry skills deve...

Australia's leading manufacturer of melamine panels and components for all joinery applications, Somersby based Borg Manufacturing acquired Crossmuller a systems integration and MES (Manufacturing Execution System) Software developer in 2016. Founded in 1989 Crossmuller had established a strong reputation over the years and had a long relationship with Borg which led to the acquisition in 2016. A vertically integrated business, Borg also operated Borg Construction and Electrical Pty...

Well known Central Coast, family owned office furniture manufacturers, Accent Office Interiors and related companies, Officepace, and AMS, earlier this year merged with Burgtec, a West Australian manufacturer of innovative office seating and now trade as Burgtec across Australia with showrooms in all capital cities and Newcastle. At this year's 2020 Hunter Manufacturers' Awards, Burgtec which specialises in the manufacturing of workstations, joinery and commercial furniture, was a...

Central Coast accounting and financial planning firm, AdviceCo has partnered with the Count Charitable Foundation (CCF) to launch a Community Grants Program in which charitable organisations are invited to apply for a $20,000 cash grant. AdviceCo and CCF will each contribute $10,000 to one charitable organisation before June 2021. Applications are open from now until the end of March 2021 and involve a brief 500-word proposal of what the applicant would do with $20,000 for the local Centr...