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One of Sydney’s leading timber merchants, North Shore Timber & Hardware, will open their new warehouse at Erina in August. It is constructed out of 100% Australian timber.  They were  previously operating from a warehouse at West Gosford. Director Jim Forrester said that the opportunity arose three years ago to acquire the Erina site, which has greater visibility and is located closer to the areas of the Coast that have a need for their custom style of operation. Th...

West Gosford online wedding and special occasions personalised gift store has joined the elite AFR Fast 100 club being placed 61st among Australia’s fastest growing businesses in 2021. What started off ten years ago as a good idea has mushroomed into a $10 million business with over 60 employees that is as much an online retail business as a manufacturing business. Melissa Wilkinson, an industrial designer, was looking to buy personalised wedding gifts for some friends who were gettin...

Wednesday 20 July saw the first sod turned on the site that will see construction begin on The Waterfront a 25 level, 136-unit mixed use tower on the Gosford waterfront by integrated property development and construction group St Hilliers. The Waterfront is the second of a staged development on the site of the former Gosford Primary School acquired by St Hilliers in 2017 and now known as Central Coast Quarter. St Hillers’ Executive Chairman Tim Casey said that over 90% of the 136 apar...

It's been a long time coming but persistence has paid off on the part of CCBR and the Gosford Erina Business Chamber with the NSW Government announcing a commitment of $18 million for a new University campus in Mann Street, Gosford. Saturday morning of the long weekend saw NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet MP, NSW Treasurer Matt Kean, Minister for Infrastructure, Cities and Active Transport Rob Stokes and Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch in Gosford to make the announ...

John Singleton’s confidence in the future of the Central Coast continues as he recently unveiled his latest investment plans for the Central Coast with a luxury boutique hotel at Mt White and restoring the former Hawkesbury Inn to its former glory as well as a 40-60 room motel alongside the Elanora Hotel at East Gosford. With the first stage of his long term plans for the boutique lodge having been approved by Central Coast Council, Mr Singleton aims to proceed with what he calls a &...