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AdviceCo Chartered Accountants roots go back to the mid 1980’s with National mid-tier accounting firm Love & Wallace.  Love & Wallace had a branch office servicing some of the Central Coast’s larger companies such as Sterland Bros and Kingstone Homes. After a change in leadership in November 2016, the business rebranded to AdviceCo Chartered Accountants & has gone on to become one of the leading business advisory firms on the Central Coast with close to 30 staf...

This year Mars Food celebrates its 30th anniversary at Berkeley Vale, a tribute to an international corporation that chose this region when the decision was made to move out of Sydney and have remained here ever since.  More to the point though, in making the Central Coast the home for their MasterFoods brand they have shown themselves to be a strong supporter of the region and part of the community. With a payroll  in excess of $50 million annually plus a hefty spend supporting l...

Founded in 1990 by the late Tony Grieve Koala Publishing Pty Ltd at Fountaindale is a company that has survived thirty years of ups and downs due to his vision for its future and the culture he put in place from day one. His vision for the business was that it would not only “energise the greeting card industry” by delivering what customers want, but its future would be based on a workplace culture that shows employees they are highly valued, no matter what function they perform....

George and Bets Conway have had a significant presence on the Central Coast waterways, in their local community at Saratoga and in the boat building industry since the mid 1980Sm when they and there family moved from Sydney’s Balmain and worked with the well known luxury yacht builder Warren Yachts at Kincumber for many years while in his spare time built  ‘MV Magic of Gosford’ which they later sold. Subsequently, in 2006, the Conways took over the Central Coast Ferr...

In today’s fiercely competitive retail environment, the only independent bricks and mortar stores that last the distance not only offer a significant point of difference but are also run by people who are in it for love. Greg and Dianne Timms know this only too well. After twenty-six years as the owner/operators of Sargeant Peppers Menswear in Terrigal, they still have as much passion for their business today as they did when they purchased it in 1995 Greg has been in retail fashio...