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PwC CEO Tom Seymour today provided insight into the macro-economic themes in the global and national economies against the backdrop of current economic and market conditions and the coming Federal Election, when he spoke at a Sunshine Coast Business Council lunch in Maroochydore. Mr Seymour addressed close to 100 of the Coast’s business leaders at…

Members of the Sunshine Coast Business Council (SCBC) met yesterday for their annual strategic workshop to confirm the group’s key focus areas for 2022 and to gain insight into what is required to achieve sustainable economic growth for the region going forward. Guest speakers were Ted O’Brien, Federal Member for Fairfax and Rob Sobyra, Director,…

Sandy Zubrinich, Chair, Sunshine Coast Business Council The Sunshine Coast Business Council (SCBC) has raised concerns that yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to rescind the Planning and Environment Court’s approval of Sekisui House’s $900-million Yaroomba Beach development, may impact investor confidence in the region. “Investors need surety around planning schemes, and it is therefore imperative that…

For more than a decade the Sunshine Coast Business Council, along with many others in the business community, has been calling for an integrated regional transport plan, which is now even more pressing given the escalating trajectory of our population growth. While much has been said about transport over this time, there is still no…

The Sunshine Coast Business Council has announced that Walker Corporation Development Manager Kelli Thomas will join the advocacy group’s board following its AGM held in Marcoola yesterday. Re-elected Sunshine Coast Business Council Chair Sandy Zubrinich said she was delighted to welcome Ms Thomas to the board as a key player in Walker Corporation’s Queensland development…

Transport and accommodation top priority at Combined Government & Business Forum The region’s government and business leaders explored how the Sunshine Coast can play to its strengths when the 2032 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games come to town, at the sixth annual Combined Government & Business Forum hosted by the Sunshine Coast Business Council this…

Entag Group CEO leads industry group to address the region’s ICT growth trajectory This week the Sunshine Coast information and communications technology (ICT) industry celebrated the establishment of a regional industry group to drive growth in a sector that has seen the Sunshine Coast lag significantly behind national and international growth rates. Sunshine Coast Business…

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Winning the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games presents South East Queensland and this region with wide-ranging economic and social opportunities.  It also brings into immediate focus what we will need to achieve over the next 11 years to ensure the region is positioned to seize these opportunities. Over the past decade the Sunshine Coast…

At 21 per cent, the Sunshine Coast has a higher percentage of people aged over 65 compared to the rest of Australia at 16 per cent*.  The expectations of how and where people wish to age continues to evolve and the Sunshine Coast Business Council Ageing in Place conference on Tuesday 20 July explored ageing trends and…