Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, earlier this month, announced the appointment of non-executive Director, Jennifer Leslie, as Chair of the Board. This appointment follows Phil Neat’s retirement following 17 years’ service; he was a Founding Director and served the last four as Chair. In addition, the Charitable Foundation also welcomed a new non-executive Director, Margie Haseltine,…
The University of Newcastle is excited to announce that their inaugural Employability Excellence Awards is back again for 2020, with award nominations closing in just a few days. The Employability Excellence Awards are an opportunity to recognise local community partners, students, and staff working together to create outstanding employability experiences for work-ready graduates. Deputy Vice-Chancellor…
Having been at the forefront of Australian furniture design, innovation, and comfort since 1977, King Living has chosen Newcastle’s CBD as the site of its newest showroom. Planning for the Newcastle showroom began last year, and despite pandemic challenges, the company decided to push ahead with the opening as a result of the region’s growing…
The most digitally advanced library in NSW on the ground floor of the City of Newcastle’s new Customer Service Centre is now open. The Digital Library offers visitors a range of state-of-the-art digital technologies including a podcasting studio, an interactive digital wall that tells the story of local suburbs, as well as videos promoting the city, Google Earth, various live streams and a…
At Morrissey Law + Advisory (MLA) the psychological wellbeing of their staff is a number one priority. That emphasis on wellbeing was recognised earlier this month, with MLA being announced as the winner of the Best Mental Health Wellbeing Initiative in a Legal Workplace for 2020. This was announced at the Minds Count Foundation Annual…
The Business Centre will be able to help even more businesses struggling under COVID-19, via the Small Business Recovery Centre, which was launched earlier this month. Thanks to the support of the City of Newcastle, The Small Business Support Centre for six months will offer much needed support to businesses wishing to bounce back. CEO…
Kookaburra Educational Resources will be investing $2.5 million into technology that will deliver greater efficiencies, higher outputs, and improvements to the customer experience, ahead of the 2021 school year. Having seen steady growth over the last few years, the 2019/20 year saw fantastic support for Kookaburra’s products and services which translated into a sharp increase…
While the achievements of the Atwea College community are celebrated annually, in 2020 the Adult Learner’s Week Awards have highlighted additional levels of resilience and commitment by both students and staff. Atwea College Chairperson, Chris Seysener, and Executive Director, Rowan Cox, announced five awards on Thursday 4 September at a small event using video conferencing…
The Newcastle branch of Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) has been named the winner of two national Awards in the 2020 Australasian Law Awards. ABLA was named Commercial Team of the Year 2020 from a competitive list of finalists, which included top-tier global law firms. Their second award win was the Excellence Award for Employment…
Newcastle technology development consultancy, NewieVentures, has been named one of the third Hunter-based entities to receive national recognition as an approved Research Service Provider (RSP). NewieVentures join the University of Newcastle and Ampcontrol’s research and development (R&D) arm ResTech as the Hunter Region’s three Government registered RSP entities. An RSP is a business or institution approved…