Gary Kleyn

A PERTH building company and a cabinet maker are looking at a possible joint venture to capture benefits from the huge growth spurt in South West wineries and produce barrels – in place of imported ones from Europe.

WA IS Australia’s leading and fastest growing natural gas market with just under 50 per cent of primary energy share, according to Australian Gas Association industry development manager David Parker.

LISTED Property Trusts will continue to grow through amalgamations and consolidations as a result of pressures of globalisation, according to Australian Property Institute national president Ian Dalgarno.

WA WINEMAKER Xanadu has beaten winemakers from more than twenty countries to win two gold metals at the Singapore International Wine Challenge.

OVER the four years between 1993-94 and 1996-97 Australian water consumption rose 19 per cent from 18,575 gigalitres to 22,186Gl according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics as reported in the Water Account for Australia.

CITIBANK’S mortgage processing business arm has beenoutsourced to the Common-wealth Bank following a twelve month review of Citibank’s operations. Under the arrangement, Citibank’s mortgage processing unit will have responsibility for all customer con

DEPUTY WA Premier and Regional Development Minister Hendy Cowan has expressed concern at Telstra’s plans to establish a separate regional telecommunications business unit.

INVESTORS rubbed shoulders when they took the opportunity to have a good look at the new Palandri winery recently in the South West.

RETAIL property will become a battlefield as electronic commerce claws market share from traditional retailers according to Chesterton International managing director Graham Iddles.

THE Clifton complex on Molloy Street Bunbury is for sale by tender for the first time in twenty-five years.

”directors to related body corporate organisations. This essentially eroded the firewalls between companies in groups.

WA RECORDED the lowest youth unemployment rate and the second lowest overall unemployment rate of all States during May, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

PETROLEUM is emerging as WA’s single most important commodity.

LANDCORP is toauction seven blocks in Fortview Road, Mount Claremont on 24 June.

In fact, it is probably fair to say our exchange has been a leader in the establishment of prudential controls to regulate traders and investors.

NEWCOMER to the WA Tourism Awards for Excellence, Swan Valley Wagon Winery Trails, has been nominated in the tour and transport operators category.

INTERNATIONAL fashion house Wolford is coming to Perth following the success of its three eastern States stores.

THE anti-bank feeling in thecommunity is worse than at any other time during the twenty-eight years BankWest managing director Terry Budge has been involved in the banking industry he told a recent Securities Institute luncheon.

A RECENTLY launched, WA-owned satellite telecommunications provider is likely to improve the lot of Internet users in the South West.

Behind Coastline Kitchens isthe Bosveld family, a name synonymous with the WA building industry and, in more recent years, with cabinet-making.

CUSTOMER service is an area where banks have traditionally fallen down says Challenge Bank CEO Tony Howarth.

THE Commonwealth is actively examining legislation to impose a twelve month moratoriumon the introduction of newinteractive gambling services, according to Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston and

WENDY Hood has been appointed consultant at Perth consultancy firm, RHK Public Relations.

FOLLOWING a economic slowdown in the latter part of the year, listed property trusts should return to favour, according to the latest Independent Property Trust Review by Property Investment Research.

The last few months have seen the proliferation of companies offering software aimed at teaching the public stock trading rules and promising wealth as a result.

A BUSINESS mission has taken WA’s trade and investment message to Italy.

THE real estate industry is still highly fragmented with more than 50 per cent of businesses in the sector having no affiliation with other companies, according to the latest survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

WAREHOUSE training can steer youth along a career path and bolster quality control in the transport and distribution sector.

Olympic identity Rod McGeoch has officially launched the Business Club Australia Directory of Contractors.

BANKS are falling over each other in a bid to align themselves with major retail chains and, in the process, beat off competitors.

A GREAT Southern portal project has been awarded the Yellow Pages Regional Communities Award at the Asia Pacific Information Technology and Telecommunications presentations held in Perth recently.

NEW motor vehicle registrations fell by 3.2 per cent in April to be down 10.6 per cent in annual terms according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.