A GENERAL malaise in retail sales, a lack of car parks and stringent development rules are three of the biggest issues facing Subiaco’s retail property and broader business markets.
REVISED development plans for BHP Billiton’s enormous temporary accommodation and light industrial site in Port Hedland will go to council for approval in mid March, with significant reductions in
Nationals leader Brendon Grylls has confirmed he will contest the seat of Pilbara at the next state election rather than stand in his safe Central Wheatbelt electorate.
Western Australia’s peak tourism body has called on the state government to commit $27 million to tourism marketing in the next budget to assist the flailing industry.
LEIGH Hughes started COMVERJ without having ‘learned the ropes’ as an employee, instead jumping in feet first as an entrepreneur and launching the marketing, strategy and innovation company with bu
BORN into the iconic Myer dynasty, Carrillo Gantner did his best to avoid the family business by training as an actor and pursuing a career on the stage.
New research shows suburban office vacancies are nearly three times higher than in Perth’s inner city, potentially opening the door for local property owners to capitalise on the hot demand for off
THERE is a collective murmur of excitement from the little visitors to Scitech, the state’s science and technology learning hub for children and adolescents.
Wesfarmers has long dominated the estimated $40 billion home improvement and hardware segment with its successful brand Bunnings, so it’s no surprise rival retail giant Woolworths has packed its to
THE combination of physical activity and fundraising for a good cause has proved a near-faultless model in recent years, with swimming, running and cycling among the many ways of raising a dollar.
IN hindsight, Vanessa Guthrie made some wise decisions at university in the 1970s, combining environment studies with geology well before sustainability and the environment became common parts of t
AT first glance, Fiona Kalaf’s qualifications and career path appear eclectic to say the least, with architecture, business and art history studies, and roles at HBF, Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarme
ALISON Robertson grew up with a passion for horses and a strong desire to become a jockey – but she aimed too high; or to put it more accurately, she grew too tall.
PERTH’S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre
DESPITE the national 2.1 per cent fall in home prices in the December quarter painting an unflattering picture for the sector, property industry leaders remain optimistic about the year ahead.
A COMPANY at the centre of a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation is still operating in Western Australia, targeting the small to medium enterprise market.
Building industry groups have reiterated concerns about a Gillard government proposal to replace the commercial construction industry watchdog, warning the alternative to the Australian Building an
QUEENSLAND-BASED Oaks Hotels and Resorts has expanded its portfolio in Western Australia with the acquisition of a second property in Broome, naming the Kimberley location as one of its investment
WHITEGOODS retailer Retravision will amalgamate its three geographically distinct businesses in a bid to strengthen the group’s position amid the difficult trading conditions currently facing the r
Plantation Energy will mothball its energy wood pellet plant in Albany at the end of the month after price rises in locally sourced timber, the high Australian dollar and a weakening European econo
With few partnerships between large funding bodies, commercial radio stations and arts consultants in Western Australia, the new My City program on Southern Cross Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 is carving
WITH construction costs among the factors dissuading developers from building hotels in Perth, the number of boutique projects coming online in existing structures is cause for optimism, according
THE cost of doing business in the hotel sector is rising, with penalty wage rates among the more contentious issues for operators who claim to face the highest running costs in the world.
