3 July 2020
Holiday letting agents at Ettalong and Terrigal are reporting the best June long weekend for years.
Stephen Brooks from Accom Holiday Rentals told CCBR that all their properties in Ettalong Beach, Terrigal and Avoca Beach were fully booked.
"Due to the COVID19 lockdown we did not plan to let any of our properties," he said. "But at the last minute the restrictions were changed allowing people to get away and the phones started ringing."
Mr Brooks said that while it...
3 June 2020
The 11 May meeting of Central Coast Council will go down as the day this recalcitrant Council reluctantly agreed to hand over more of their planning powers to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces.
After three years refusing to approve or delaying legitimate development applications that would benefit the regional economy and costing ratepayers hundred of thousands of dollars in unnecessary court costs, the Minister finally called time
To put it in the words of Deputy Mayor Jane S...
3 June 2020
Bambi Enterprises, manufacturers of bedding products, at West Gosford is riding the Australian Made wave as consumers turn away from imported products as a result of the coronavirus. Managing Director, Peter Witney, said online sales had gone through the roof, mostly because people are looking for Australian made products. "At the same time our sales through Harvey Norman are going gangbusters and that is because they have remained open right through the 'lockdown'. Cus...
3 June 2020
At its May 11 meeting Central Coast Council adopted a new way forward in respect of marketing tourism.
With the current tourism marketing contract, which had a total focus on digital marketing using social media, expiring on 30 June 2020
the current model for tourism management has been identified as requiring a change.
This is to ensure that the regional and strategic focus is achieved with the delivery of the Destination Brand Strategy, Tourism Opportunity Plan and meet the needs of...
3 June 2020
In the retail trade its called 'shrinkage,' but it is straight out theft. An Australian-based study (Profit Protection Future Forum,) has found that shoplifting is surging, with major retailers losing over $3.3 billion last year alone.
It is so prevalent that it has spawned an entire industry with shoplifters working together and operating their own how-to-steal websites," says Robert Bodill, Co-owner and Managing Director of Erina based manufacturer of a new innovative anti-...
