Hi there

This year is only going to get more and more interesting for business and investment on the Sunshine Coast.

If you didn't get a chance to read our January update entitled "Bold future ahead", it's still worth a read and you can view it here. 

This month we're sharing news on:

- Investment underway at the ever-developing Sunshine Coast Airport
- Successes on the horizon for chefs' favourite tuna supplier, Walker's Tuna
- Local scaleup GreaseBoss's new partnership with industry heavyweight Castrol

Also enclosed you'll find links to some valuable Sunshine Coast resources for potential investors, including:

- Investment and Growth Toolkit (web portal)

- Investment Prospectus: Hotel Edition (ebook)

- Investment Prospectus: Tech Edition (ebook)

- Tech in Paradise: Innovation meets connectivity (entertaining video alert!) 

- Seafood trade mission to Singapore (video)
- Geospatial Intelligence Community on LinkedIn

Sunshine Coast Council welcomes enquiries about business expansion or relocation and provides one of Australia's best local government investment concierge services.

If you would like to talk about opportunities or ideas, please don't hesitate to contact Invest Sunshine Coast's Investment Lead, Wendy Macdonald, on 0408 731 999 or wendy.macdonald@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

Kind regards

Alex Lever-Shaw

Head of Investment, Trade and International

Economic Development Branch

Sunshine Coast Council 

Email: alex.lever-shaw@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au  
Mobile: 0407 753 645
Access a wide array of information online

This month's Sunshine Coast business inspo ...

Sunshine Coast Airport's
$170 million terminal transformation underway

Walker's Tuna shortlisted for Australia's Best Sustainable Seafood Brand Award 2026

GreaseBoss partners with industry heavyweight Castrol

Check it out: Council's online investment and growth toolkit

Hotel sector download: incentives helping to stimulate new development

Tech sector download: Sunshine Coast Investment Prospectus: Tech Edition

Tech in Paradise! VIDEO: Innovation meets connectivity on the Sunshine Coast

Export in Paradise! VIDEO: Sunshine Coast Seafood trade mission to Singapore

In another step towards attracting high‑value investment to the region by nurturing the growing geospatial intelligence community, Sunshine Coast Council has launched a dedicated industry group on LinkedIn: the Sunshine Coast Geospatial Intelligence Community.

This group connects investors, innovators and technology leaders to showcase local geospatial intelligence capability, share emerging trends and highlight investment and growth opportunities for this fast growing sector.

Interested in exploring how your business can capitalise on the Sunshine Coast’s emerging geospatial intelligence and data economy?

👉 Join the conversation on LinkedIn to connect, collaborate and explore investment and growth potential.

Please encourage your network to join too!