Gary Kleyn

THE newly upgraded $4.8 million east-west transport link at Mount Barker has been officially opened.

WA’S contribution to Australia’s export trade has strengthened according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

OWNERS of heritage buildings will be able to apply for a share of $1 million in WA Govern-ment funding to help with conservation work.

THE NEXT Women In Business conference will be the first to address WA businesswomen.

SOUTHERN Region dairy farmers, upset by the monopoly position of Masters’ (National Dairy) milk processing facilities in Perth, are toying with the idea of setting up their own processing plant.

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.

THE Perth Central Business District is set to play host to a new supermarket following the sale by Woolworths of the vacant site between Murray Street Mall and Wellington Street.

AN INITIATIVE by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to provide effective coordinated emergency management has been acknowledged by Emergency Services Minister Kevin Prince.

TOURISM sites around King George Sound, Oyster Harbour and Princess Royal Harbour will be upgraded and developed under a joint local community and government plan.

PERTH median house prices could rise by nearly $10,000 to $160,000 within the next couple of months according to Geoff Baldwin Team managing director Geoff Baldwin.

UNIVERSITY of WA spinoff company Advanced Power Technology has signed a $12 million 50:50 joint venture agreement with Samsung Corning.

A FURTHER nine residential lots have been placed on the market at Mt Henry estate, Salter Point as part of Stage 4B.

HOUSE sales appear to be on the decline, falling almost 16 per cent during the March quarter compared to the previous quarter according to the latest housing report by the Real Estate Institute of WA.

Only 19 per cent of rural high school students who complete high school go on to higher education, yet 30 per cent of city students do so.

PERTH-based conference and meeting organisers were offered the choice of a smorgasbord of venues at the inaugural South West Showcase.

WORK on the western end of Victoria Quay in Fremantle will start within weeks following the release of the masterplan recently.

A business loan with twenty-five years to repay is being offered for the first time in Australia.

Email may not be the best way to correspond with other businesses – that, is if you want a quick response.

PERTH-based Talbora, trading as Phone Shop, is offering refunds to customers who bought novelty telephones that do not comply with Australian Communications Authority Standards.

THE South West will receive a major boost under the budget, according to Minister Assisting the Treasurer Graham Kierath.

A $9 million tree planting program in WA is underway to combat salinity and other environmental issues such as the greenhouse effect.

THE INCREASING number of banking services available in the retail environment are helping busy business people save time.

INVESTOR appetite for technology stocks and a buoyant economy were the primary driver behind a 138 per cent increase in initial public offerings in 1999 according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

AMP remains the number one funds manager in term of market share according to the March quarter ASSIRT Market Share Report.