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Kress a brand well known for its German engineering has been designing and manufacturing electric motors for 93 years, has entered the Australian market establishing its Head Office in the Platinum Building at Erina. Part of global technology and tool manufacturing corporation, Positec, Kress Australia was established in mid-2023.  They have since appointed almost a hundred dealers across the country as well as supplying some of the major national landscaper groups. Kress products incl...

John Singleton’s investment arm, Bonython Properties, has lodged a Development Application with Central Coast Council to build a $32 million motel on the site of the Elanora Hotel at East Gosford as part of his vision to expand the Elanora Hotel precinct. The proposed development includes a new 60-room motel situated on Brougham St in East Gosford and also encompasses extensive enhancements to the Elanora Hotel. Comprehensive plans for the 7775 sqm site involves the demolition of the ...

In 2018 when the first Central Coast Council was elected Mayor Jane Smith made the permanent protection of Porters Creek Wetlands covering over 700 hectares from Wyong to Warnervale one of her major goals. She was successful and in 2022 the Wetlands were declared a specified wetland of international importance. The Woolworths Distribution Centre is located in the Warnervale Industrial Park that was developed over twenty years ago and includes Sanitarium Health Foods’ Development and I...

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...

Small business will be “sent to the wall” by the complex and unworkable industrial relations changes in the government’s Closing Loopholes Bill, says the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia. The complex legislation has become the number one threat to the sector, COSBOA says. It said the latest tranche of IR revisions were being rammed through the lower house of parliament despite the concerns of small business and called on the Senate to reject the legislatio...