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Covid disruption adds new dimension to Herbies Spices

Posted by Edgar Adams on 9 March 2022
Covid disruption adds new dimension to Herbies Spices
Herbie’s Spices Managing Director, Ian Hemphill  says that Covid has reduced their online sales trajectory from five years down to two years with sales having doubled on pre-Covid turnover.  “Our business model has changed,” he says. “While our trade with restaurants in the past was quite substantial, we are not seeing the recovery that we expected as patrons are simply staying safe and staying at home. “We do see this coming back but there is no ques...
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Stevens Group Wins UDIA NSW Award

Posted by Edgar Adams on 10 February 2022
Stevens Group Wins UDIA NSW Award
The completed Toronto Lake Macquarie residential development, Foreshore by Stevens Group, has been recognised by the Urban Development Institute of NSW (UDIA NSW), as this year’s award winner for excellence in NSW Regions & ACT Development category. Foreshore Lake Macquarie involved the design and construction of 37 bespoke residential units on the waters edge in Lake Macquarie, each with a unique floor plan. The three buildings, ranging from three to four storeys in height as wel...
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Sydney restaurateur buys Budgewoi hotel

Posted by Edgar Adams on 10 February 2022
Sydney restaurateur buys Budgewoi hotel

Hotel brokers, HTL Property have announced the sale of The Coast Hotel at Budgewoi for $15 million.

Overlooking Budgewoi Lake, the hotel has been sold to well known restaurateur Bill Drakopoulos of Sydney Restaurant Group (SRG) following a keenly contested off market sale process.

Harvest Hotels, led by Sydney-based publicans Chris Cornforth and Fraser Haughton, will spend $5 million upgrading the 1897-built venue.

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Another Central Coast Plan!

Posted by Edgar Adams on 10 February 2022
Another Central Coast Plan!
December 6th 2021 saw the NSW Government announce another Central Coast Plan, the Central Coast Regional Plan 2036. The third in twelve years and totally at variance with the 2016-2036 Growth Plan in particular. While the focus of the 2016-2036 Plan was on population growth with an extra 77,000 people living in the region by 2036 and the creation of 24,674 jobs there is absolutely no mention of such in the new Plan. Further, the Northern Growth Corridor (Warnervale-Tuggerah) and Southern Gr...
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GSC appoints Executive Director with focus on Coast

Posted by Edgar Adams on 10 February 2022
GSC appoints Executive Director with focus on Coast
The Greater Sydney Commission has announced the appointment of Sarah Winter as Executive Director Central Coast and Macquarie Park Precincts based on the Central Coast to lead the Commission’s work on the Central Coast jobs and economic strategy and the Macquarie Park innovation precinct.    She joins the Commission from Deloitte, where she has been Partner for Investment, Infrastructure and Impact.  ...
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