Council's 24th February meeting was a farce.   From calls for the Mayor's resignation to all future Council meetings to be held in Wyong. It started with a Media Release on the previous Friday advising that due to limited public gallery capacity at Council Meeting Chambers and to ensure the safety of the community, attendees wishing to participate in the Public Forum and the Council Meeting will be required to sign-in in person on the day of the meeting. Registration wil...

Chamberlain Group is expecting output of their Grifco Poultry Winch, which is made at their West Gosford factory, to increase by 12% and generate $2.5 million worth of sales following their attendance at the IPPE (International Production and Processing Expo) in Atlanta in January. The IPPE is the world's largest expo for the Poultry Industry with 25,000 people from around the world visiting. The Grifco Poultry Winch is the leading poultry winch in the Australian market and was show...

Central Coast Council has leased space at the Nexus Business Hub in Wyong to accommodate their IT and Business Development staff. Negotiations for the lease of the vacant top floor of Nexus took place in late 2019 with Council moving in during January.  It is understood that about 100 staff will be based at Nexus. Commenting on the move Henry Kendall Group Managing Director Damien Wilde said, "both Council staff and Nexus members will benefit from shared learnings at the Campu...

Director, Life Member and former Vice-Chairman of the Gosford Race Club, Jim MacFadyen announced his retirement from the Board in late February. Chairman, Michael Cusick said, "The Board has exercised its power under the Club's constitution to appoint respected local businessman and race enthusiast, Michael D'Silva. "The Club is extremely fortunate to have a man with the exceptional experience of Mike D'Silva available to take his place. Mike joins us with signif...

The Central Coast's only manufacturer of cardboard cartons and packaging solutions have moved into a 2,500 sqm warehouse at Somersby, substantially increasing their manufacturing, design and logistics capacity. Phoenix was set up in 2016 by Marc Roberts, David McPherson and Josh Searle who had worked together in a similar business which was forced to close. Phoenix has a mission to offer something the large companies don't - applying their experience in working with businesses o...