Newsagency changes hands

The newsagency on West St, Umina, has changed hands recently and is now run by the Handley family.

Greg and Beth Handley took over Umina Newsagency just over three weeks ago, and say business is going well.

"We chose to run a newsagency because it's typically a strong community-based business," Mr Handley said.

"We used to live in Wollongong, and then the Gold Coast, but we found the people up there a bit too plastic and false, so we wanted to move back to somewhere with real people."

Mr Handley said his family had moved here only several weeks ago to be closer to the water and to family.

After three weeks in operation, Mr Handley said business was hectic, but that customers generally accepted the business well.

"There will be some changes in the future, but we mainly want to concentrate on customer service," Mr Handley said.

Mr Handley said that he had kept the local staff onboard, along with his daughters Vanessa and LeeAnne.

Mr Handley said that any suggestions about the store would be greatly appreciated.

"The customers have been very kind to us, and we hope we can return the favour."

Lyle Stone, December 8