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. ALAND appoints hotel operator for Archibald Gosford  Sydney investors discover Archibald. Gosford one big constr...

Environmental activists within Central Coast Council along with Community Environment Network group have highjacked future plans for Central Coast Airport which will it remain little more than an airstrip. Following the appointment of Rik Hart firstly as CEO and then Administrator of Council undertook new revised Master Plan that was expected to be completed by late 2022 early 2023.  Shrouded in secrecy ever since, Council in late December 2023 announced that it would place an entirely...

Planning is well underway for the upcoming Central Coast Industry Festival. Exhibitor registrations were extended due to the Christmas holiday break but the organisers, Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC), are pleased to advise that they have reached their quota of exhibitors. To be held on the 6th and 7th March 2024 at Mingara, the Festival has attracted a broad range of exhibitors covering well known manufacturers like Sanitarium and Mars Food to organisations like 4id Solutions who prov...

Small business will be “sent to the wall” by the complex and unworkable industrial relations changes in the government’s Closing Loopholes Bill, says the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia. The complex legislation has become the number one threat to the sector, COSBOA says. It said the latest tranche of IR revisions were being rammed through the lower house of parliament despite the concerns of small business and called on the Senate to reject the legislatio...

John Singleton’s investment arm, Bonython Properties, has lodged a Development Application with Central Coast Council to build a $32 million motel on the site of the Elanora Hotel at East Gosford as part of his vision to expand the Elanora Hotel precinct. The proposed development includes a new 60-room motel situated on Brougham St in East Gosford and also encompasses extensive enhancements to the Elanora Hotel. Comprehensive plans for the 7775 sqm site involves the demolition of the ...