Newcastle law firm Mullane and Lindsay Solicitors has recently launched a corporate blog site to provide people with valuable local legal news.
The site will hopefully provide news on Newcastle lawyers and publish the latest information on family law, property law, commercial law and contesting wills.
Hunter Advantage, a new initiative to promote Newcastle and the Hunter Valley to the rest of Australia, was launched last week. The concept is headed by a consortium of prominent local business identities and will involve a national medi and online campaign aimed at bringing more business to the region.
Here’s the Herald’s announcement:
THE Hunter is set to go head-to-head with major growth regions like south-eastern Queensland to market itself as an economic powerhouse.
A new venture with private sector backing will be launched in Newcastle on Friday to send the message that the Hunter is open for business.
Called Hunter Advantage, the marketing project will combine a national advertising campaign with an internet site to build a strong case for business and industry to invest in or relocate to the Hunter and stimulate growth.
A group of intrepid social media fans have begun a weekly gathering in Newcastle. Its called Newcastle Coffee Morning and has been going for the last month. The team from Sticky Advertising took along their new FLIP video camera to help introduce you to the rest of the crew.
Come join in the fun every Friday at Baristaba Cafe at The Boardwalk, Honeysuckle.
Hunter Valley and Gunnedah based credit union Companion is showing their support for the community with the Companion Community Grants Scheme.
Companion have $20,000 available to be donated to the local community and are asking for members and the community for suggestions.
If you know of a not for profit club, group or charity, that could use a helping hand, why not nominate them to share in the grant scheme? Applications are open from 15 April to 15 May and nomination forms can be found here or you can pick one up at your local Companion branch.
This is Companion’s way of saying ‘Thank You’ to their members and the local communities serviced by their branches, and as a member you have a say in who gets the funds by getting involved.
So if you know of a sporting club, charitable organisation or community group that could use some extra funds, let Companion know.
From The Herald 16.04.2009
Hunter-based home lender Companion Credit Union has led the way in passing on the Reserve Bank’s full interest rate cut.
Companion said yesterday it was slashing its home loans by the full reduction. Companion chief Ray O’Brien said the credit union’s interest rates were at a 30-year low.
He said the Hunter lender was one of the few to pass on the full 25 basis points.
“Our home loans now start from 4.97 per cent,” he said.
One of the most famous phrases on the planet might be given a little Rock n Roll makeover when McDonalds makes their debut on the big stage. But rather than having employees don the big hair and makeup themselves the folks at King St McDonalds, Newcastle have decided to contribute to the city’s Rock and Roll pedigree and support the next generation of Rock and Roll talent.
With multi-platinum selling bands such as Silverchair and The Screaming Jets born and bred in the city it makes sense that that an organisation that prides itself on “giving back to the community that supports it” does so in the most appropriate manner. Read the rest of this entry »
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
Friday 25 April 2008
Dawn Service, Nobbys Beach – 5am for a 5.15am start. This year’s Dawn Service features a new design of the ceremony site in response to the increasing number of people attending this service.
There will be a march from Horseshoe Beach car park to the ceremony site at Nobbys Beach by serving members (INCLUDING contingents from HMAS NEWCASTLE, HMAS TOBRUK, HMAS DIAMANTINA, No 26 Squadron RAAF Williamtown) tri-service cadets and ex- servicemen and women. The service will conclude at approximately 6am with a four-gun Salute to the Fallen by the coastal guns of Fort Scratchley.
Source: Hunter Water
DUE TO DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS, THIS EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD ON 26 APRIL.
As major sponsor of the Baths to Bar Community Ocean Swim, Hunter Water invites the community to participate in the 1.5 kilometre, one way swim, from Merewether Baths to Bar Beach on Saturday 26 April 2008.
Source: Hunter Business Chamber
In response to a feasibility study for a new Justice Precinct for the Hunter retaining the legal precinct in the eastern area of Newcastle CBD was the best way to help reinvigorate the city, Hunter Business Chamber CEO, Peter Shinnick, said today.
“And the way to bring about this revitalisation is to involve the private sector in the development and operation of the new Justice Precinct.”
Source: Hunter Development Corporation
The Hunter Development Corporation today unveiled a conceptual vision for the design of the remaining public domain areas along the Honeysuckle harbourfront between the Marina and Lee Wharf.
Hunter Development Corporation Chairman Paul Broad said the Corporation had engaged renowned Novocastrian landscape architectural design company Terras to produce conceptual designs of the harbourside landscape consistent with the Honeysuckle Public Domain Strategy.
“This design concept allows the community to visualise what the harbourside may look like when the Honeysuckle urban renewal project is complete,” Mr Broad said.
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