It has happened.  At 3.30pm on Friday, 30th October the Minister for Local Government suspended Central Coast Council and appointed an interim administrator. This Council could no longer pay the wages or pay its suppliers and had wracked up a deficit of $84 million (could be more, could be less who knows?) This is how it works with government. But if this Council was a company the Receivers would have been called in and the directors could all be looking at going to gaol for tr...

An enduring landmark on the Central Coast Highway at Erina opposite Fountain Plaza is the big red drive-in BRISTOL PAINT CENTRE. It's been there for over 20 years! However, the Bristol Paints story goes back to 1985 when three young blokes decided to go into business together! Brian (Longie) Long and John Murray (the remaining directors) have grown Bristol Paints from these humble beginnings to become the largest and most successful independent paint retailer on the Central Coast....

So, having been dragged into admitting that copper, as lauded by the wonderful former Minister for Communications and Broadband, Malcolm Turnbull, our Federal Government has finally conceded that fibre optic cable is actually faster.  The result being that the Government will now spend billions more completing a job that should have been done properly in the first place. One of the lasting legacies of the Abbott/Turnbull era will be how our country went from potentially being a world ...

When Colin Marchant purchased a small lawn mowing run on the Central Coast in 1990 as an entry into landscaping, he didn't imagine the business would evolve into the nationally recognised design and construction enterprise it is today. Costata Landscape Design celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in September. From humble beginnings, Col and his wife and co-managing partner, Lisette, have earned an enviable reputation built on trust, transparency, quality and clear communication from ...

It could be assumed that most companies who developed a marketing strategy for this year, did not account for a global health crisis. Many were thrust into the melting pot of chaos sparked by the intense upheaval of COVID-19. GBD Lifestyle Marketers, a Central Coast agency, quickly adapted and in response to their retirement client Ingenia Lifestyle, produced a sensitive creative campaign to cut through the fear and alarm in the market. Ingenia briefed GBD on developing an inspiring, futu...