Central Coast Council will be holding a series of Councillor Q&A sessions in March for residents to speak directly with Councillors in an open forum. The Town Hall style public meetings allow the community to raise issues, seek guidance and gain updates. Residents who have a question or would like to learn more about what's going on in their area are encouraged to attend. Residents can also submit any questions they have for Councillors prior to each session by sending an emai...

The benefits and importance of a healthy lifestyle will be front and centre from March 28 when Central Coast Council brings an extended program of the popular Live Well Festival to Gosford. Last year's inaugural festival was well received by the community and this year's event is expected to be bigger and better with the inclusion of a week of activities leading into the main event day on Sunday 5 April. Council Section Manager Place Activation, Cobey Linsley...

Highly regarded executive, Lyall Gorman, has been elected the new President of the peak business organisation in NSW, the NSW Business Chamber. Mr Gorman replaces Nola Watson, who remains on the Board as Immediate Past President. Brett Manwaring has been elected as Deputy President. Lyall Gorman is a highly successful business leader with more than 35 years' experience in senior management, project management and administration, and his career has spanned both the p...

Welcome to 2020! A year that will go down in the history books for the disastrous fires and the extreme weather conditions impacting our beautiful country. Locally we have so far escaped from most of the fire activity with some local impacts reported on Mangrove and Somersby Plateau and Mount White areas. Our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbouring regions to the north and the south who have certainly experienced the impact of this natural disaster situation. Of course, there is no...

It's that time of year where many of you are about to take a well-earned break from your day to day business operations and spend some quality time with family and friends for the festive season. But before you run off into the sunset with your cocktail in hand there are a few things that you may like to consider for the security and safety of your business and property to ensure that you are able to reopen upon your return. Security are your premises secure? I mean are they really secu...