FBBF members attending the November Business in the Bend function at Starward Distillery were given a presentation on the concept of establishing Fishermans Bend as a test-bed for innovations in mobility.  The project being advanced by the Australian Road Research Boar...

Fishermans Bend Business Forum jointly hosted international expert on the future of mobility Marco Marechal at the National Transport Research Centre in Fishermans Bend last Friday. Here FBBF Deputy President Murray Nicol (right) with Samantha Taylor (National Partners...

The Port Phillip Council recently supported an amended proposal for a 20 story apartment development at 118 Bertie St in the Sandridge Precinct.  The location between Fennell Street and the Freeway, if given the go ahead by the Minister for Planning, will be the first...

FBBF President Richard Blackman hosted government representatives and local businesses at the first Business in the Bend networking event on 11 September at Starward Distillery in Bertie Street.  Guests included Meredith Sussex AM the Chair of the Fishermans Developmen...

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The master plan for the GMH site that the government purchased for $130m in 2016 should include makerspaces. China has thousands of them.

The model developed by the Chinese government to create zhongchuang kongjian or “makerspaces for the people,” is worthy of considera...

FBBF has been approached by the organisers of a delegation from the Netherlands who will attend the Australian Smart Cities conference in Sydney in the last week of October 2019. Included in the delegation with be Altran the developer of the 2getthere autonomous shuttl...

Fishermans Bend Business Forum (FBBF) executive officer David Weston said the slow delivery of public transport was of concern to business.

“Businesses in Fishermans Bend are concerned that the solution to public transport access is making the business environment uncer...

 The future is closer than you realise and Fishermans Bend is at the centre of some amazing research.  The Australian Road Research Board is leading the push for the establishment of a Smart Mobility Living Lab.  Join our members  on 16 May 2019 for a 2 hour seminar. h...

David Weston who has guided Fishermans Bend Business Forum since its inception in late 2017 was honoured in the Australia Day Honours in 2019 being made a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia. Apart from his work with FBBF, David was the first induc...