Business Matters Magazine

BUSINESS NEWS with WIN News

JANUARY - FEBRUARY

Keep your finger on the pulse

Fuel bowsers across the Sunshine Coast began running dry, with supplies unable to be transported from flood-affected Brisbane.
Train and bus fares rise by 15 percent. The State Opposition claim locals are being ripped off.
Thousands of Sunshine Coast children go back to school.
Maleny-based green technology company Biolytix goes into liquidation.
Sunshine Coast tourism officials hope for the “Oprah effect” to bring about an industry resurgence.
Council flirts with the idea of transforming the Big Top Shopping Centre into a West End-style café and retail hub.
The region makes it onto the list of the world’s most expensive housing markets.
The State Government commits $60 million to a training and research centre at the new University Hospital.
From local businesses to rescue crews, everyone pitches in to help North Queensland in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Yasi.
Fuel prices pass the $1.40 mark across the region.
Council confirms it will spend $5 million upgrading Brisbane Road in Mooloolaba to four lanes.
Council purchases land off developer Graeme Juniper after rejecting a proposed $500 million eco-resort plan at Palmview.
Some good news for the local property market, with office vacancies across the Coast dropping by 2.1 percent this past year.
A six-week ban on snapper fishing angers local anglers.
War widow Beckie MacKinney loses her husband’s wedding ring, only to have it miraculously discovered in the Caloundra surf by a local real estate agent.
In another devastating blow to the Sunshine Coast’s economy, the local franchise of builder Adenbrook Homes collapses.
The head of Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd. resigns due to health reasons.
Kevin Rudd prepares to move back to the coast, snapping up a $3.2 million Sunrise Beach mansion.