CCBR Business Review

3 Front cover: Gavin Yates Photos front cover and Page 5 courtesy Andrew Cooney Hear Edgar Adams’ business comment 8.10ameachMonday. Also follow us on Facebook and Twitter be better off. www.adviceco.com.au FORMERLY CO N T E N T S Central Coast Business Review is a Registered Trade Mark of Adams Business Publications Pty Ltd P.O. Box 3259, Erina, NSW 2250 Phone: (02) 4367 0733 Fax: (02) 4367 0744 Email: info@ccbusinessreview.com.au Typesetting by Graphic by Design ph (02) 4365 6777 Print & Distribution by Bromley Direct ph 0412 439 773 © Adams Business Publications 1994. All rights reserved. Reproductions in any part prohibited.While every effort has been made to ensure all information in this magazine is accurate, no responsibility will be accepted by the publisher, Adams Business Publications. The producer accepts no responsibility for illustrations or photographs supplied by organisations or individuals and/or typographical errors. Central Coast Business Review Readership 20 , 000 + DISTRIBUTION GUARANTEED VIA AUSTRALIA POST Phone 02 4367 0733 Email info@ccbusinessreview.com.au Web www.ccbusinessreview.com.au CONTACT Cover story 4 Gavin Yates – Steinbok Brands Business news 7 UON appoints Interim Executive Dean 7 West Australian craft brewery expands east Locates at Warnervale 8 Demand for value add food products boosts Pro Ali order book 8 Brand Group expanding into Early Learning Centres 9 Comfort food for stranded Aussies 9 Barbara Ketley takes the helm at NSW Business Chamber Central Coast 10 Government continues to shovel money intoWestern Sydney – nothing for Gosford 10 Central Coast water storage levels 11 RetireAustralia investing $46 million at The Rise at Wood Glen Erina 12 Ron Mussalli joins RDACC Board 12 Matthew Hingerty appointed Deputy Chair and Deputy CEO at Star Scientific 12 COVID spawns new business venture – Launderettes 13 Aspire Physiotherapy breaks ground on new centre 13 Synergy Engineering appoints CEO 15 St Hilliers’ $56m Central Coast Quarter Tower DA on exhibition 15 Former Gosford Council Chambers listed for sale 17 Business college buys Gosford commercial prior to auction 17 Strong enquiry for Tuggerah warehouse units 18 Packaging company upsizes at Erina 19 Help shape the future of the Central Coast 19 Have your say on Council’s water, sewerage and stormwater drainage pricing proposal 19 Council streamlines Development Assessment process for faster turnaround times 19 Who is Central Coast Friends of Democracy? 20 International Cyber Security Awareness Month aka “Hacktober” 20 You have to give up things when you advertise 21 Tax debt will impact your credit rating 21 COVID -19 Liability waivers by employees. How effective are they? Regular features 6 Edgar Adams’ Editorial Welcome to a new semi-post COVID world 12 Business briefs 15 Property news 20 Business tips 22 Funny business CENTRAL COAST BUSINESS REVIEW OCTOBER 2021