MARKET OUTLOOK: August 2015
Buyers shying away from quick decisions
By Geoff Bayly LREA
INTERESTING things are starting to happen in the Sydney property market. Properties are taking a little longer to sell then in the past. Why is this?
PAYCE SELLS HALF SHARE for $100M
LISTED property developer Payce Consolidated will sell its half stake in the 2.6-hectare Bay Park project, in the Auburn local government area, in a $100 million deal.
JOHN COOTES WAREHOUSE
Business surges ahead despite devastating fire
By Keiasha Naidoo
ONE of the longest running furniture businesses in Western Sydney, John Cootes, will continue with its growth strategy despite a massive fire that destroyed the company’s warehouse in Yennora.
COMMENT: IMBALANCE OF ARTS FUNDING
City centric bias, squandered opportunity
By Jason Burcher
WESTERN Sydney is Australia's third largest economy behind Sydney and Melbourne and the engine room of New South Wales' economic output.
BUSINESS OF CREATING MEMORIES
How the Hammon dynasty succeeds
By Keiasha Naidoo
AS Australia’s most visited “privately-owned” tourist attraction, the Scenic World in the Blue Mountains is also one of the country’s longest-running family-owned businesses, being owned and operated by the same family since it was established 70 years ago.
MINDSET CHECK
20 life lessons for happiness and success
By Laura Shin
A RECENT birthday got me reflecting on my journey to this age, and I'm happy to say that, compared with the younger me, I’m much more at peace with myself, content with my life, confident of what I want and sure of how to get there.
Regional Round-Up June 2015
Funds for activities
PENRITH City Council has obtained $187,500 for public facilities and access in its Our River Precinct which forms part of the Our River Masterplan.