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Green living

Housing minister Robert Schwarten has opened the Sunshine Coast’s first sustainable demonstration house, complete with only the greenest of bells and whistles.

Pink motorbike leathers niche market

Kaylene Bothwell discovered there was a limitied market for womens motorcycle leathers on the Sunshine Coast so decided to do somehting about it and is pleased with the results.

Coast builder matches national competitors

Just because your business is based on the Sunshine Coast, don’t think you can’t compete against some of the biggest corporations in the country.

Snapping up opportunity

Nambour, Noosaville and Maroochydore Camera House owner Ken Webb has joined new chain of digital camera stores and is keen to introduce a new concept at the Noosa store.

Coast couple's million dollar success

A stint in Saudi Arabia in 1991 meant Liisa McNeish met the love of her life and brought him back home before both established successful careers in the business world.

Employees with disabilities add value

Damian Young is one of four workers with a disability employed by Caloundra business owner Leigh Hemming. Hemming says there are several benefits to taking on a disabled employee.

Beijing branding gold for Coast firm

Local advertising firm Six Degrees has returned from a trip to Beijing with some business connections that could yield one of the biggest contracts it has ever secured.

Coast town planners in major merger

Two of the Coast’s most high-profile town planning companies have joined forces to take on the challenge of guiding the Sunshine Coast through a critical point in its development.

Council's future plan for business

Five months after being nominated chair of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s business and corporate services portfolio, Lew Brennan is ready to start helping drive business forward in the region.

Green office design on Evans Street

Maroochydore's Evans Street is set to become a prime corporate address, especially when the area's first four-star green office building is constructed.

Ryan Designer Homes' successful secret

Ryan Designer Homes has been following an innovative path that has just led to a swag of industry awards. Now, the couple who started the company are too busy to contemplate retirement.

Franchise fever

Australia's economic growth rate and consumer and business confidence levels may have plunged in the past 12 months, but the country’s love affair with franchising has shown no sign of slowing down.

Developer's claims anger neighbours

Neighbours of a Mooloolaba property have reacted angrily to a developer’s claim he wanted to build two $1 million luxury properties on the small site.

Giving back to the community

Construction of a purpose-built community service centre for the Sunshine Coast will begin in October, after almost eight years in the planning.

Developer baffled by council stance

A Sunshine Coast property developer is mystified by a council decision that has stopped him building two luxury homes but will let him erect duplexes on the same site.

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