Central Coast Business Review

13/08/2024

CCBR AUGUST ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE (www.ccbusinessreview.com.au)
In this issue we focus on the Central Coast Council election on 14th September and reveal who will be the leading candidates. Lawrie McKinna heading up Team Central Coast.
Doug Eaton to stand as Independent in Budgewoi Ward
Liberals announce candidates. Kevin Brooks – Ratepayers Choice
Other articles include:
Supply Chain and Logistics Forum learn how to cut freight costs
GYG appoints franchisee for new Umina Beach store
Spotgo wins Business of the Year at 2024 Wyong Business Awards
Challenging times see women in manufacturing group formed
Commercial Property Outlook Q1 2024
AUGUST COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY SALES & LEASES
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19/07/2024

FORMER MUNMORAH POWER STATION LOOKING FOR MEMBERS TO ADVISE ON NEXT STAGE
Former Munmorah Power Station site owner, Generator Property Management Pty Ltd (GPM) is inviting Central Coast residents to join a newly formed Community Consultation Group (CCG) to provide input on the cleanup of the former Munmorah Power Station site.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) recently declared the site "significantly contaminated" due to historical operations.
Generator Property Management (GPM), a NSW Government-owned company managing the site, welcomes the EPA's decision and is committed to a thorough and transparent cleanup process.
The CCG will offer community members a platform to:
● Attend quarterly meetings
● Inspect ongoing cleanup works
● Receive updates on investigations
● Contribute to the development of the long-term remediation plan
For more information and to express interest in joining the CCG, please visit the GPM website at www.gpmco.com.au or contact GPM at 1800 817 711 or [email protected]

Current Projects: Following the successful demolition of the former Munmorah Power Station, GPM is monitoring the site for potential future use, which includes approximately 700 hectares of surrounding land and infrastructure.

26/06/2024

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14/04/2024

CCBR APRIL ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE

Dr Brendan Nelson AO opens new Gosford RSL
Sustainable signage wins new customers for Signarama Tuggerah
More rate hikes on the way as Council deficits loom
HIA awards Life Membership to Central Coast builder
Denny takes Council on for non performance
Thie Hon. David Harris MP Minister for the Central Coast launches Industry Festival
Star 104.5 FM celebrates 20 years
Personalised Favours Finalists in Inside Retail’s 2024 Retailer Awards
RECENT PROPERTY SALES & LEASINGS
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25/02/2024

CENTRAL COAST INDUSTRY FESTIVAL
An initiative of Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC), this biannual event is designed to assist businesses to showcase their capabilities and products, find new customers and suppliers and establish new networks.
Investment NSW will be the major sponsor of the festival which will be held on the 6th & 7th March 2024 at Mingara.

Speaker sessions:
There are three speaker sessions across the two days.
• 6th March - 11.00am to 1.00pm - Food Sector presentations - 4 speakers
• 6th March - 1.30pm to 4.00pm - New business opportunities - All sectors - 4 Speakers
• 7th March - 10.00am to 1.30pm - Strengthening your business - All sectors - 7 speakers
In total there are 15 speakers across the two days.
60 Exhibitors including local manufacturers and suppliers to the manufacturing industry
More details on the speakers and their topics can be found Central Coast Industry Connect

06/02/2024

CCBR 2023 YEAR BOOK including Central Coast Ultimate Guide to Business
52 Pages packed with valuable information that all Central Coast businesses need to know.
2023 was a year that saw the plans of the last ten years for Gosford take shape with fifteen cranes on construction sites around the city and all projects heading for completion by the end of 2024.
CCBR’s 2023 Year Book – The year in Review covers the big stories of 2023.
Central Coast Ultimate Guide to Business includes;
• Background to all Business Centres, Retail Precincts and Industrial Areas across the region.
• Up to date Demographic and economic data,
• Contacts - Up to date information on all the people in government and business,
• Central Coast Manufacturers Directory – comprehensive list of manufacturers and food processors.
Want a copy? Email: [email protected]

23/03/2023

WITH STATE ELECTIONS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY THE PREMIER HAS JUST ANNOUNCED HIS KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS.
IT IS ALL ABOUT WESTERN SYDNEY AND NOTHING ABOUT THE REST OF NSW AND CERTAINLY NOTHING WHATSOEVER FOR THE CENTRAL COAST - POPULATION 340,000.
I WONDER WHAT David Harris MP MEMBER FOR WYONG AND SHADOW MINISTER FOR THE CENTRAL COAST HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS?

15/11/2022

Big crowd at newly named Industree Group Stadium Gosford last night. 11,271 fans saw the Matildas defeat Thailand 2:0 in exciting game. Congratulations to for taking on stadium sponsorship and supporting not just the games that will be played there but also Gosford.

25/03/2022

Read Central Coast Business Review March issue now at
www.ccbusinessreview.com.au

In this issue we highlight the Koala Group at Fountaindale, a successful local company whose visionary founder laid the foundations that would ensure its future growth. Reuben Machin is the man who leads a team following that vision.

My editorial this month focuses on Central Coast Council’s rate increase, not the current one but that proposed for the next 10 years. The Central Coast’s future always was enormous but successive councils have made it near impossible for developers and investors to develop the commercial and industrial lands we need to attract business. If we opened up the lands that we have council’s rates base would multiply exponentially. It would also alleviate our intractable unemployment issues and create career opportunities for those who commute to Sydney for work.

We keep talking about it about it but the Central Coast Airport is a fundamental economic driver for our region. This month we report that Council is now proceeding with a new Airport Masterplan. The last one, done in the dying days of Wyong Council was excellent except that it had the crazy idea that this airport could be a full scale regional airport. We had that opportunity 30 years ago but the activists killed it and Newcastle has picked it up. Also the Aero Club is seeking a 45 year lease which Council is working on.

In our Business Briefs section we report on a change of ownership for Riton Engineering. This company was founded by the late Dr John Whitehurst and continue on by his wife Lyn after his death. She is now retiring and long time General Manager, John Clarke has bought the business.

Also in this section we report on Australian owned paint company, Haymes Paints setting up a Paint Shop in West Gosford, their first move into NSW. And, real estate agents, Coast Realty have bought the Pearl Beach Café and Grocery Store.

In Central Coast Council News page you will read about Council’s plans to maintain the rate increase as well as a report that they are looking to award the management rights for Central Coast Stadium to Venues Live. Interestingly, Council is working on another Plan to grow the tourism market.

In Property News you will read about work starting on the development of Warner Business Park at Jilliby a massive area to be opened up for industrial businesses to locate to the Central Coast. Also, our regular reports on property sales and leases.

Also some good news about the Federal Government’s activities in cutting Red Tape. Former Wyong resident Ben Morton, now Federal Member for Tangney in Western Australia and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister is leading the charge on this.

And in Business Tips our regular contributors Troy Marchant writes about business insolvencies set to rise in 2022, Warwick Ryan write more on who is a contractor and who is an employee and Michael Trimblett tells us more about the importance of Cyber Security

14/02/2022

Central Coast Business Review February 2022 edition now available
www.ccbusinessreview.com.au

In this issue

Edgar Adams’ Editorial
The Central Coast – What to do with it?
As a businessperson, or an investor, or a property developer looking at the boundless opportunities the Central Coast has to offer you would have to be very frustrated with the mixed messages that you get from government.
Since the first Regional Plan for the Central Coast was introduced in the late 1970s that saw a regional shopping centre at Lisarow, which ended up in Erina a few years later, we have seen a plethora of plans and reports to guide the growth of the region.
(CCBR’s research library contains all these reports – and more!)
Not one has been acted on!
Read more about this story in CCBR February issue.

Front cover story -
The Conway Family – Central Coast Ferries
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 Ferries service and it as a passenger service together with their two eldest sons as skippers in response to community backlash after the original ferry service was closed down.
Read more about the Conway’s story in CCBR February issue.

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.
Read more about this story in CCBR February issue.

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.
Read more about this story in CCBR February issue.

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 Growth Corridor (Somersby to Erina) concept of the previous Plan have been abolished in favour of four “Places” across the region

GSC appoints Executive Director with focus on Coast

Sarah Winter
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.

PROPERTY NEWS

Interpod leases Berkeley Vale factory
Manufacturers of modular bathrooms, Interpod Australia Pty Ltd will relocate their operations from Sylvania Way, Lisarow to a recently built stand- alone factory at 30 Apprentice Drive, Berkeley Vale.
Interpod have signed a 7 year lease with 7 year option at an undisclosed rent on the 8,500sqm steel construction building on a 2.94 ha site in the Berkeley Vale Industrial Area.
Brad Rogers from Raine & Horne Commercial Central Coast negotiated the lease in conjunction with Ben Byford and Peter Mangraviti from CBRE.

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