2024-25 CENTRAL COAST INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS 11 Central Coast Research Institute for Integrated Care Additionally, the Central Coast Research Institute for Integrated Care (CCRI) is a joint venture of the University of Newcastle (UON) and Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD). The purpose of the CCRI is to deliver translational research outcomes relevant to improving the health and wellbeing of the Central Coast community and beyond through development and evaluation of new models of person-centred integrated care. Central Coast Local Health District Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is responsible for the total management of Gosford, Wyong and Woy Woy public hospitals, healthcare centres across the region. CCLHD employs a workforce of 8,000 people or 5,950 FTE. Signi cantly their workforce retention rate for 2023-24 was 90.6% Other opportunities in a health and education precinct is Clinical Trials. Clinical trials feature in most of the Sydney precincts and would provide the Central Coast community with greater access to clinical trials, Gosford Private Hospital While not in the Gosford CBD, only a few minutes away is Gosford Private Hospital operated by Healthe Care. Established some 40 years ago this hospital in late 2021 completed a $32 million expansion. Gosford Private employs a sta of 700 health and administrative personnel. Within this precinct and adjacent to the hospital is Jarrett Street Specialist Centre, North Gosford Medical Centre and the Gosford Private Consulting Suites. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING Caption: Chamberlain Group robot carrying out post-processing gauging. Many Central Coast manufacturers have embraced the latest technologies in their manufacturing process. The Central Coast is home to over 1,000 manufacturers across diverse sectors from small to large successfully competing in the national and global marketplace. These businesses employ some 9,000 people. Major employment sectors are: Pharmaceuticals, Cleaning products, Fabricated and structural metal products, Relocatable homes, Furniture, Building products including kitchens, frames and trusses, windows and doors, modular bathrooms, concrete panels and pipes, Mining Equipment, Precision machining, Filtration products, Industrial and agricultural chemicals, Packaging and Paper products. While most are locally owned businesses there is a core of national and foreign owned companies based in the region. Many have embraced Advanced Manufacturing technologies to improve their products and processes. Manufacturers on the Central Coast are supported by a strong support and networking organisation, Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC). CCIC focuses on specialisations in Advanced Manufacturing, Food and Beverage production and the circular economy with the goal to make the Central Coast a Centre of Innovation Excellence across the spectrum. The region’s manufacturing story is one of innovation with manufacturers from small to large embracing new technologies to produce more complex and higher valueadded products. FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING The Central Coast is located at the centre of a population of around 5.5 million people o ering food and beverage manufacturers a cost-e ective distribution for their products. For this reason, more than forty food and beverage manufacturing and processing companies operate across the region the largest being Sanitarium, Mars Food, Sara Lee, The Cordina Food Co and Hawkesbury Brewing Company. Products vary from poultry processing to brewing and bakery products. The industry is supported by the Central Coast Food Alliance, a cluster under CCIC. This Alliance was established to foster the development of a thriving food, agriculture and beverage industry that contributes to the social and economic development of the Central Coast region. The food industry is also supported by the University of Newcastle (UON) which o ers a Food Science & Human Nutrition Degree through the Faculty of Science at their Central Coast Campus and dedicated food laboratory facilities. DIGITAL BUSINESS Gosford CBD and surrounding areas o er access to high speed broadband connection with symmetrical download and upload speeds, allowing for seamless data transfers, video conferencing, and cloud-based applications. Additionally, the Nexus Business Hub at North Wyong is colocated with an onsite data centre that provides redundancy and 10 gigabytes connectivity. The introduction of high-speed broadband in the region has spawned a growing number of online businesses and software developers. They include: 4B Media, OneBlink LcS, Personalised Favours, Bohemian Traders, Envisage Software Solutions, ClockOn.
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