Local Rewards has had a great first month and a half – with over 80 businesses and 300 cardholders, we’re off to a flying start. The program continues to develop and we’re announcing some exciting updates for our merchants and cardholders with the release of our card linking option and app in the coming weeks […]
The Creative Precinct COVID Recovery Series is back!
Here at the Surry Hills Creative Precinct, we have returned with our Covid Recovery interview series designed for the digital landscape of today. Hosted by our fantastic Vice President Mike Galvin, we have created another series to broadcast LIVE every two weeks. Please join us by watching on Facebook for the LIVE broadcast from downtown […]
Pizza Fritta: A centuries-old first for Sydney
By Tess Scholfield-Peters New Italian joints are popping up weekly in postcode 2010, and you won’t hear any complaints from us. The latest to open its doors is Crown Street’s Pizza Fritta 180 by Via Napoli’s Luigi Esposito, whose Neapolitan flash-fried pizza is a first for Sydney. Anyone who was out and about in Surry […]
Business Australia – Latest News
Employer Information Click Here Stay up to date with the latest news related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and what this means for your business. To stay up to date with the latest Government relief and stimulus packages, click here. JobKeeper extension The Federal Government recently announced an extension of the JobKeeper wage subsidy until March 2021. The current scheme […]
Brand X back in action
Since 2005 Brand X has been on a mission to convert Sydney’s disused and vacant spaces into creative havens. Their collection of subsidised spaces gives artists the chance to rehearse, record, perform and build their creative enterprises, but due to Covid-19, all Brand X venues and programs were forced to shut down. “We lost customers […]
Love Local: Covid Success Story
Love Local was started by Sydney restaurant owner Hamilton Kings as Covid-19 social restrictions effectively shuttered his then dine-in only Potts Point restaurant Honkas (Bar + Eats). Since launching 6 weeks ago with three restaurants, the website ordering platform now includes 20 food and beverage partners and delivers in Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Elizabeth […]
Rough Edges Adapts
We’re all doing it tough at the moment, but none more so than our homeless and marginalised communities. Since the pandemic broke out there has been a significant spike in new faces at shelters across Sydney, Rough Edges’ Jen Webster told Urban Village. Since 1996 Rough Edges has operated as a drop-in centre and community […]
Surry Hills LIVE
More than just music The Surry Hills Creative Precinct is responding to COVID-19 by building a permanent online live streaming platform for Surry Hills. Inspired by the enormously successful online pivot of our live music activation, the Creative Precinct is evolving into a high-end community live-stream broadcaster – and you’re invited to be centre stage. […]
Jacqui and the Wandering Nomad
Nomad restaurant has – accidentally – lived up to its name, and has been something of a wandering tribe in the Sydney restaurant scene. Beginning in Foster Street, Surry Hills, Nomad was in limbo after a fire destroyed much of its previous home but fortuitously the former Long Grain in Commonwealth Street became available last […]
Surry Hills LIVE – NOW STREAMING
Surry Hills Live has evolved into SURRY HILLS LIVE STREAMING! In response to concern about public safety at live music venues in light of the pandemic Surry Hills Creative Precinct and Music for Trees will now take all remaining shows online, for an incredible new LIVE experience – and you won’t even need to leave […]
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