Sunshine Coast Region: Our Essence

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Business Council reveals ‘essence of the Sunshine Coast’

06 December 2018

Members of the Sunshine Coast Business Council (SCBC) met in Marcoola this afternoon for the organisation’s Annual General Meeting and Christmas function, and to view a much anticipated audio-visual which aims to capture the ‘essence of the Sunshine Coast’.

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Conference to reveal the economic drive in Sunshine Coast projects

12 October 2018

The Sunshine Coast Business Council (SCBC) will host a conference where a newly created framework to categorise projects of regional significance will be presented. The conference will feature Dr Steven Boyd, Program Co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Property Economics & Development, University of the Sunshine Coast, as he presents findings from research into how significant…

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DebFrecklington MP, Sandy Zubrinich, Fiona Simpson MP

Business Council looks to the future

14 September 2018

It’s been a productive week for the Sunshine Coast Business Council, with the peak business body welcoming the Leader of the Opposition Deb Frecklington MP to address more than 120 business leaders over breakfast on Wednesday morning, as well as completing its fourth think tank series with 20 key stakeholders on Tuesday. Wednesday’s breakfast —…

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Coast businesses call for people to dig deep for homelessness

07 August 2018

Fundraising for the almost 900 people experiencing homelessness on the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Business Council is calling on local businesses to put their hands in their pockets to support the Vinnies Corporate and Community Sleepout Sunshine Coast 2018 on Thursday, 23 August. A group of local dignitaries, business people and community members are gearing…

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Coast business people to sleep on cardboard, concrete and sand

03 July 2018

Call to support fundraising for the almost 900 people experiencing homelessness on the Sunshine Coast With homelessness affecting around 900 men, women and children on the Sunshine Coast, a group of local dignitaries, business people and community members are gearing up to sleep rough in the name of charity, participating in the Vinnies Corporate and…

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Opinion Piece: Conference tackles how to manage the changing retail face of retail

25 May 2018

With technology and the sharing economy drastically altering the retail landscape, business owners only need to look at the decline of former retail giants like Blockbuster to recognise it’s never been more important to adapt to survive.

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Economic impact of regional universities unveiled

17 April 2018

With the Regional Universities Network recently conducting an in-depth study into the contribution regional universities make to local economies, more than 60 Sunshine Coast businesspeople will come together in Caloundra on 17 April to hear the research findings.

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Business Council commends Coast rail connect effort

09 March 2018

The Sunshine Coast Business Council has commended the efforts of Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien and Stockland Regional Manager Ben Simpson following today’s announcement that the North Coast Rail Connect project will receive federal funding for a full business case under the $20 million Faster Rail Prospectus.

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Coast leaders unite for strategic direction discussion

07 February 2018

Local government representatives joined with leaders from the Sunshine Coast property, business, tourism and education sectors in Marcoola this week to discuss the future prosperity of the region as part of the Sunshine Coast Business Council Strategic Direction Discussion 2018.

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Sekisui’s Yaroomba development – Is the Sunshine Coast failing?

28 January 2018

Sandy Zubrinich, Chair, Sunshine Coast Business Council The Sunshine Coast has long been attempting to shed the stigma of being a ‘hard place to do business’, with politicians as well as business and industry groups aiming to attract quality capital investors to the region to bolster the local economy. Regrettably, if Sekisui’s Yaroomba development is…

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