It’s official – Louise Michael is the new Editor of the Plains Producer newspaper. Managing director, Andrew Manuel welcomes Louise to the role, although she has been acting Editor since October last year. “Louise is only the fifth editor in the past 35 years since the Manuel family took over the Plains Producer in 1983 […]
Clare traders have taken steps to revitalise their business community through customer loyalty. The #ShopLocalClare movement began late last year with a Facebook page which traders could join and use to promote their business offerings. Read the full story in our online edition: http://plainsproducer.realviewdigital.com
Clare Valley Wine and Grape Association has appointed two new independent board members, adding a deliberate focus on growing wine tourism and strengthening the region’s underlying commercial engagements. CVWGA chairman, Stuart McNab, said the appointments of tourism executive, Tori Somerville, and commercial lawyer, Bianca Jennings, followed a deliberate search for specific skills to complement the […]
DRY conditions have driven employment restructures at hay exporters, Balco and Gilmac, both major employers in the Balaklava area. Balco reduced staff levels by seven positions at the start of December, while Gilmac dropped a shift but relocated staff to other sites, both on the back of well-below expected hay supply. Read the full […]
Workers at the JBS pork processing facility at Port Wakefield were in shock last Thursday when they were told 102 jobs would be lost, effective as of Monday, as the business moved from a double to single shift operation. While 280 employees have retained their jobs, 36 full time employees and 66 labour hire workers […]
COUNCIL owned buildings including pools and halls could be improved, rebuilt or sold off under a new plan being developed by Wakefield Regional Council. A draft Asset Management Plan for Buildings & Structures/Improvements was presented to council last week, itemising everything either council owned or built and leased on council land, totalling some $33 million […]
WAKEFIELD Regional Council is making moves to conduct a customer experience survey this year. WRC voted to seek tenders from research firms to conduct the survey at last week’s council meeting. Read the full story in our online edition: http://plainsproducer.realviewdigital.com
CONSUMERS could face a price rise in eggs – they could become more eggspensive – on the back of soaring production costs. With little government subsidies available for intensive primary production, Days Eggs managing director, Dion Andary, put their current plight to State Primary Industries Minister, Tim Whetstone, when he visited the Lower Light facility […]
Elections for position of deputy mayor for Adelaide Plains Council were held at a council meeting on Wednesday, November 21, with councillor, Marcus Strudwicke, elected for a 12-month term. There were three options available to councillors at the meeting to elect the deputy mayor – by resolution, indicative vote or election. The councillors, who had […]
On Sunday, the state government ‘broke’ one of its election promises by scrapping a proposed right-hand tram turn from King Williams Street onto North Terrace. While we are probably not surprised by a(nother) broken promise, this is one we should be happy about! Putting in the tram turn was budgeted for $47m, but after ‘expert […]
