Hunter-based Newcastle Permanent has been ranked as one of Australia’s best banks in the Forbes World’s Best Banks for 2020. Forbes partnered with market-research firm Statista to rank the best banks in 23 different countries, surveying more than 40,000 customers around the world for their opinions on their current and former banking relationships. Newcastle Permanent…
The latest installment of grants aimed at helping small regional businesses has been announced by the NSW Government and welcomed by our local Hunter Business Chamber. The restart grants of up to $3,000 are set to help small businesses reopen and scale back up after the COVID-19 shutdown period. From 1 July, eligible small businesses…
Launching a business during a pandemic may not seem like the most ideal choice. But for Karen Howard, a qualified and Nationally Accredited Mediator, she believed launching Mediation First was more essential than ever for the local community. With changed business and working arrangements amplifying lots of different conflicts and disputes locally, nationally and globally…
Coastal Advice Group, comprising of local branch Newcastle Financial Planning Group, Central Coast Financial Planning Group and Sydney Wealth Advisers, has been announced as the national winner of the RI Advice Practice of the Year Award RI Advice is one of Australia’s oldest and most well-regarded financial advice groups, with over 40 years in the…
Compact, yet offering the highest energy output in its class, a small wind turbine innovation is attracting large commercial investment in a bid to improve remote and emergency telecommunication access. The University of Newcastle-based start-up, Diffuse Energy, has secured $400,000 in seed funding from Australian venture capital fund, Shearwater Growth Equity, to scale production of…
An enormous hunger for success and a desire to see the best in others has seen the Managing Director of A.I.R Recruitment, Suzie Ninevski, recognised as one of only four national finalists in the Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association Australia & New Zealand (RCSA) Awards. Suzie has been nominated as a finalist for her exceptional…
Hunt Hospitality, who manage successful venues such as The Kent Hotel, The Duke of Wellington, Seabreeze Hotel, Finnian’s Tavern and Ocean View Hotel, have implemented a new mental health initiative across all venues with the help of NewPysch. When one of the group’s licensees identified a few of the younger employees were struggling with depression…
The NSW Training Awards has announced three of The Mutual Bank’s leading team members as finalists in the Financial Services category for the Hunter region. The Mutual Bank’s Hannah Wheeler (Marketing Officer), Zac Baylis (Acting Member Processing Supervisor) and Capri Archer (Member Service Officer) are among the finalists announced by Training Services NSW. Conducted annually,…
Digital transformation specialists, Cypher IQ, have revolutionised business operations for Hunter Valley business, Sweetman’s Timber, by digitally automating their sales order processes. Using a fully scalable and customised solution, Sweetman’s Timber has been able to introduce processes and systems to help them minimise the potential for errors, as well as file and retrieve documents at…
Senior Australian infrastructure leaders, Glenn Thornton and Paul Brown, have joined Port of Newcastle’s (PON) executive team, as of 9 June, as the organisation enters a major growth phase. Glenn Thornton – who joins the Port from global engineering professional services consulting firm WSP, where he was the NSW Region Director and Project Director Advisory…