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UON Slingshot Accelerator Program
The UON Slingshot Accelerator Program, an initiative to identify high potential start-ups and nurture innovation in th...
Australian engineering first
One of the Hunter’s leading engineering firms has completed a project that sets new standards in the highly specialise...
JSA starts the New Year strongly with new people and a new division
Hunter-based financial services firm JSA has commenced 2014 strongly with new staff, the establishment of a new divisi...
Construction commences on new car dealership
Construction has started on a new car dealership on an iconic site bringing jobs and investment into Newcastle’s West ...
Blue Heeler Film Festival 2014
The Blue Heeler Film Festival is on again from 13-16 April 2014, and this time the short film competition is open to e...
Harris Wheeler lawyer achieves accreditation
Local solicitor Micah Jenkins recently achieved accreditation, through the Law Society of NSW, as a business law speci...
2014 Lake Macquarie International Children’s Games
Lake Macquarie City Council welcomed the President of the International Children’s Games, Torsten Rasch, and the Secre...
ICAL launches in China
Raymond Terrace based ICAL International Customs & Logistics has opened a new office in Shanghai, China.
Anglican Care announces strategic partnership with APP Corporation
Leading not-for-profit Aged Care and Retirement Living provider Anglican Care has appointed national property and infr...
Lifeline region merge
Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter and Lifeline Central Coast recently joined forces in a formal merger.
New skills training centre opens in Rutherford
The Hunter Valley Training Company (HVTC) opened the doors to its brand new $5 million home in Rutherford after finall...
Two days. 100 ideas: CPA Australia Newcastle Convention 2014
Newcastle’s leading accounting and business professionals will converge at Newcastle City Hall on 19 – 20 March to exp...
New anti-bullying laws
Business owners, employers, and employees should note that new antibullying laws came into effect on the 1st of Janua...
Two options on the table for Newcastle light rail
As part of a transformational project aimed at revitalising the city centre, in December last year the NSW Government ...
Hunter Water Head Office to be sold to partially fund Burwood Beach Plant upgrade
With the population expected to increase by more than 20,000 over the next 20 years, an upgrade to the Burwood Beach W...
Newcastle led study provides evidence needed to change smoking laws
A Newcastle study into the effects of second-hand smoke will result in significant changes to legislation regarding sm...
Westpac Helicopter staff awarded for bravery
Four Westpac Helicopter Service team members, who rescued a farmer just minutes before he was swept away in raging flo...
Long awaited infrastructure improvements to go ahead
Two projects of significant state and national value are finally going ahead after confirmed funding from both state a...
Passenger numbers reach new high for Newcastle Airport
In 2013 Newcastle Airport set a new record for passengers in a calendar year with 1,198,312 passengers.
2013 Coal exports set another record
Newcastle continues to set records for its coal exports. In 2013 there was 150.5 million tonnes of coal that left the po...
FROM THE EDITOR
I am sure you have heard the need for Australia to embrace innovation.