Council recommends rejection of Erina DA
Central Coast Council has recommended that a proposal for 131 units opposite Erina Fair carpark be rejected when it comes up for consideration at the next meeting of the Central…
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Businesses agitate for faster COVID relief
The Gosford Erina Business Chamber is agitating for the speedy payment of business support relief. Chamber President, Rod Dever, said he had spoken at length with Parliamentary Secretary for the…
Gosford Regional Library remains on track
Plans for the Gosford Regional Library are forging ahead, with Central Coast Council resolving to combine the tender for demolition and the tender for construction into one. Council believes this…
Six new jobs for pearl farm
Broken Bay Pearls is one of three businesses on the Central Coast set to upgrade facilities, purchase new equipment and employ more people, thanks to a financial boost from the…
Filling the cash gap crisis
Small and micro-business owners are buckling as lockdown drags on but crisis payments promised by the State Government to fill the gap are either unattainable or not getting through. Financial…
Skills week is a chance to re-think career choices
National Skills Week is an opportunity to rethink and explore the many available vocational career pathways. National Skills Week Chair, Brian Wexham, said there has never been a more pivotal…
Regional funding boosts local jobs
Three businesses are set to upgrade their facilities, purchase new equipment and employ more people, thanks to a financial boost from the NSW Government’s Regional Job Creation Fund. Performance Engineering…
Hart supports local government reform
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart has come out strongly in favour of local government reform. “The framework local government operates under is archaic, restrictive and conflicting,” Hart said. Particularly…
Council staff to tender for stadium management rights
The Central Coast Stadium venue management team, a unit within Central Coast Council, will be given an opportunity to submit a tender for the management rights of the stadium. Currently…
Water outage maps, rates and referendums …Administrator’s wrap on recent work
Central Coast Council now has a map on its website which shows residents in real time what water outages are impacting suburbs. Administrator Rik Hart explained the new map was…
Jodie Minto announced as finalist for 2021 AusMumpreneur
Seven years ago, Jodie Minto was looking for career options which would allow her more freedom and flexibility while raising her young children – and her Erina-based online fashion label,…
A message from the small business coalface – little or no relief available
While our politicians claim relief and compensation is easily and readily available to any who are in hardship due to the protracted and possibly now indefinite COVID-19 lockdown, many workers,…
Supply shortage sees land sales slow
Combined land sale volumes across the Central Coast and Hunter regions declined by 23.55 per cent compared to the previous quarter. This is 39.17 per cent lower than the previous…
Three town houses to replace single dwelling
Plans to construct a multi-dwelling housing development comprising of three two-storey dwellings in Woy Woy will go on public exhibition on Friday, August 13. The site at 138 Railway St…
Chamber wants to stop virus at the river
The Peninsula Business Chamber continues its campaign for the Central Coast to be released from lockdown at the same time as Newcastle – which could be within the next week….
Not happy Rik – Peninsula rate payers feel the sting
Council Administrator, Rik Hart, has attempted to explain why ratepayers within the former Gosford City Local Government Area have been burdened with rate increases significantly higher than the 15 per…
Digital shop keeps funds flowing
The team at Woy Woy Antiques & Collectables has created their own digital shop to generate funds for community groups and charities affected by COVID-19. The business has been unable…
Altis exits bulk retail
Altis Property Partners has sold Lake Haven Homemaker Centre for $46.25M to Metro Diversified Property Management. The centre opened in 2007 and includes Harvey Norman, BCF, Pets Domain, Beds R…
$800M invested and more to come
The new Board of Regional Development Australia Central Coast has its sights firmly set on helping the community rebuild from the challenges of COVID-19. “With half of the Board being…
Jobs will take years to bounce back
Analysis by the Institute of Public Affairs, based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) weekly payroll and wages, has found that in the first three weeks of…