Gary Kleyn

TOURISM brings revenue of $343 million a year to the South West.

FORESTRY business Powton Land Holdings is hoping to raise $10 million to expand its operations by way of a debenture program.

PERTH-based aussiehome.com has formed a strategic alliance with another Perth company, National Geographic Information Systems.

ONE developer synonymous with the surge in inner city living from the beginning is the Fini Group.

MARGARET River has the potential to be one of the world’s best known regional brands says 8M Media and Communications managing director Thomas Murrell.

WELSHPOOL-based sheet metal manufacturer AD Coote & Co has forecast a 250 per cent rise in its export sales in the next three years to about $1.7 million per annum.

WESTRAIL’S former Forrestfield marshalling yards are to be redeveloped as a sixty-three hectare industrial estate to meet long term needs for industrial land in Perth.

EAST Perth continues to experience strong demand for apartments with major successes for developers like the Fini Group, according to Colliers Jardine.

THE land development industry is hampered by government policies that see landowners as an easy target says Urban Development Institute of Australia president Graham McArthur.

A COMMUNITY-owned bank in Bayswater is a step closer to reality with the launch of the marketing plan for the venture.

STRONG building activity during 1999 has not translated into a drop in rents indicating there is no over supply in new homes according to BGC housing director Julian Ambrose.

NORTHBRIDGE is currently in transformation stage with the WA Government releasing a plan to revitalise part of the area above the Northbridge tunnel.

THE Real Estate Legislation Amend-ment Bill which relates to fidelity guarantee funds has been passed through WA Parliament.

WA-BASED Snap Printing has bought the Current Knowledge Print Group which also trades as Pink Panther.

AN INTERNATIONAL Real Estate Federation representing some 150 industry associations has awarded the St James Estate in Northbridge with the FIABCI Millen-nium Prix d’Excellence for World Excellence in Residential Development.

A MORE holistic approach to doing business is the way of the future says the Committee for Economic Development of Australia research committee vice-president Russell Devitt.

EAST Redcliffe land and house prices have increased substantially with the transformation of the public housing area and the change in name to Flemington Chase.

BUSSELTON and Margaret River residents now have access to a daily weekday air service from Perth.

AN ANOMALY which meant workers could have missed out on their chance to take a workers’ compensation matter to court has been remedied.

BGC Construction, Caversham Prop-erty Pty Ltd and the RAAF Association (WA) recently celebrated the end of a successful working alliance with the opening of the Cambrai Village veterans’ retirement complex at Merriwa.

THE set up of a home office can make a big difference to the success of someone trying to run their business from home.

IT IS unlikely Transport WA plans to reverse traffic flows in the CBD’s West End will go ahead.

CURTIN University of Technology has taken over the management of the Viticulture Vine Source block from the Rylington Park Institute of Agriculture at Boyup Brook.

MANY energy suppliers will fall by the wayside over the next few years, says Australian Gas Light Company managing director Len Bleasel.

THE Victoria Inn Boutique Hotel at 12 Victoria Avenue in the Perth CBD will be sold at auction on 3 May.

BALINGUP will come alive on 15 April for the annual Balingup Small Farm Field Day.

DWELLING approvals turned in a solid result in February defying expectations of a 3 per cent decline to fall only 1.1 per cent after a strong 6 per cent rise in January.

THE WA Government has announced the creation of two massive regional parks north and south of Bunbury.

A STEADY slowdown is approaching, thanks largely to the GST, says Bankers Trust chief economist Chris Caton.

ONLINE land transactions will eventually replace paperwork under a five-year strategic plan for the Department of Land Administration.

DIVERSIFICATION is important for the economic viability of the Donnybrook-Balingup Shire, says shire CEO John Attwood.

STATE Cabinet has endorsed recommendations designed to eliminate inequities in the base metals royalty system.