Former General Manager of Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Ryan South has been appointed General Manager of Belle Escapes Central Coast, the holiday arm of Belle Property Central Coast. After more than 20 years in hotel management with InterContinental Hotels Group Mr Ryan is now in charge of 100 of the most expensive and exclusive holiday homes on the Central Coast and said he was excited to apply a hotelier's lens to the portfolio to take holiday rentals to the nextlevel. Commenting on Mr S...

This month CCBR starts a new segment, the Central Coast Economy. Going back ten years and beyond the Hunter Valley Research Foundation produced a half yearly Economic Indicators for the Central Coast. It ran from 1993 until the newly elected Liberal Government stopped funding it. In the Hunter it is now run by the University of Newcastle and funded by business and local councils and quarterly economic reporting continues very valuable service for that region. The Central Coast Economi...

Until the late 1980s Erina was a place that you passed through on the way from Gosford to Terrigal and The Entrance and was mostly a light industrial area. That changed with the opening of Erina Fair in 1987 and Fountain Plaza about the same time which set the suburb on the path to being a strong commercial / retail area. Over the next 30 years Erina Fair expanded as did Fountain Plaza and the precinct surrounding it. By early 2000 Erina was home to the business banking and retail bran...

Work is currently underway to create an additional 500 square metres of co-working space over two levels at the Nexus Business Hub in North Wyong. The new space will incorporate a mix of workstations, meeting rooms and serviced offices as well as incorporating a café that will be co-located within Nexus. Significantly, to ensure lightning fast connection speeds, Nexus will also be upgrading the current internet service from 1 gigabyte to 10 gigabytes . The Nexus has always brok...

Over three generations and multiple brand evolutions, the Hunter family has raised the benchmark for real estate on the Central Coast founded on a philosophy of always putting clients first. In fact, every business decision made since Norman and Mervyn Hunter opened the doors of their Avoca Beach real estate agency in 1951 has been focused on this philosophy together with a strong community ethos handed down from father to sons. The Hunter family's real estate brand has evolved ever...