Planning is well underway for the upcoming Central Coast Industry Festival. Exhibitor registrations were extended due to the Christmas holiday break but the organisers, Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC), are pleased to advise that they have reached their quota of exhibitors. To be held on the 6th and 7th March 2024 at Mingara, the Festival has attracted a broad range of exhibitors covering well known manufacturers like Sanitarium and Mars Food to organisations like 4id Solutions who prov...

Business NSW has announced the appointment of Scott Goold as Regional Director Business NSW Central Coast. Mr Goold joins the organisation after three years with the NSW Department of Regional NSW where his most recent appointment was as Deputy Director Regional Development. A resident of the Central Coast he comes to the position with over 30 years’ experience at senior levels with major corporates and for a short time in 2020 was Business Development Manager at Central Coast Council...

Central Coast Grammar School (CCGS) Headmaster, Bill Low will retire at the end of this year after an outstanding career in education spanning more than 50 years.  His farewell dinner held at Crowne Plaza Terrigal at the end of November saw over 80 invited guests honour his commitment to the school for over 15 years.   Guests who came to honour his work at the school included: Mr Isao Hommi, former Principal and current board member of Ueda Nishi High School, Japan and Ms...

This time of the year is the season for Awards, all the business and industry associations hold their annual awards recognising excellence and achievement. Some are popularity contests run by organisations for their own self-interest. Others are genuine in that they engage people who know what they are talking about as judges. In recent months the Hunter division of the Housing Industry Association ran their awards with Umina based builder, Evolving Construction taking out the Hunter Home o...

The Hotel Gosford has taken out two major awards at the Australian Hotels Association NSW 2023 Awards for Excellence held last month winning in the categories: Best Regional Local, andBest Regional Casual Dining (Northern). This year’s success comes after highly successful victories in the 2022 Awards when they won the Best Regional Redevelopment. Commenting on the win Jordan Harris, Group General Manager of Harris Narvo Hotels Group said, “What a night! We are incredibly proud ...