While the rest of the Central Coast languishes, Gosford is undergoing a construction boom with 18 cranes operating on sites within a kilometre radius of the CBD. The number of cranes in an area is an indication of the state of the construction industry’s workload in each location and the economic benefits they bring. Food businesses in Gosford are reporting strong sales from the large number of workers on these sites. Additionally, these projects will see over 1,400 new residential u...

The 2024 Local Government elections will be held next year on the 14th of September bringing to a close three years during which Central Coast Council has been under Administration. It goes without saying that the few short years in which the amalgamated Council was run by those fifteen elected councillors headed up by Mayor Jane Smith was a disaster beyond belief. Of course, it was a disaster waiting to happen, with fifteen councillors from five disparate areas called Wards and most with n...

Our front cover story for this month is a report on one of the Central Coast’s oldest manufacturers, the Chamberlain Group, and their confidence in investing $28 million in a new facility at Somersby in conjunction with the Central Coast’s largest manufacturer and property owner the Borg Group. Chamberlain is a textbook case in the future of manufacturing in Australia and on the Central Coast.   A global manufacturing giant, they acquired local manufacturer Grifco in 20...

Chamberlain Australia is expanding its operations into a brand-new purpose-built facility of 19,000sqm at Somersby, representing an investment of $28 million. Chamberlain have been manufacturing in Australia for over 100 years and over 30 years on the Central Coast at West Gosford. The new facility will combine four sites into one and will house Chamberlain’s manufacturing, national warehouse and international engineering team. The facility is being developed by Space Urban, one of t...