Julie-anne Sprague

Charity move benefits branding

FOR a company involved in an industry that is low in the “trust” stakes direct marketing of its services becomes a tough task.

03 Jun 2003

Teeing off for new magazine launch

ITS Golfing Western Australia television series may only be a few weeks old but FWA Media says there is a good market for a magazine version of the show.

03 Jun 2003

Food & Wine

Gusto

Korean barbecue is proving extremely successful – so much so that there are plans to expand on the concept in Perth. Julie-anne Sprague investigates.

03 Jun 2003

Meeting to be the last hurrah

The future of Western Australia’s retail landscape is under scrutiny as lobbyists from across the country descend on WA to pitch their arguments in favour of retail trading hour deregulation.

27 May 2003

The next hurdle facing Geoff Gallop

IF the State Government decides that it will make major changes to WA’s retail trading hours it will need to gain support from the Opposition and/or WA’s minor political parties.

27 May 2003

Research leads regulation call

DESOLATE local shopping centres, sluggish employment growth, and greater dominance of major supermarket chains are the truths of a deregulated retail trading environment according to a leading retail

27 May 2003

Key demographic will feel the hours pain

AS a young, professional woman I fit the profile used by national retail giants as an example of the consumer in need of greater shopping hours – well all except for the kids.

27 May 2003

Caterers seeks investor

THE catering business is good business, according to the proprietors of Beaumonde Catering as it moved to appoint business brokers last week to find an investor to help support the business.

27 May 2003

Business’ future looks sound

A SON studying economics and a daughter heavily involved in design leaves Alan Linney with a wealth of talent that has the potential to continue his successful 30-year-old jewellery business.

27 May 2003

Work builds solid foundation

AFTER months of reading, sorting, compiling and, not to mention, designing, Block Branding has produced Craftwest’s Designing Futures Forum book, Shifting Foundations.

27 May 2003

Research in-house

CONDUCTING market research in-house is not unheard of and, so long as a few strategies are adopted, it can provide credible information to base business decisions on.

27 May 2003

Food & Wine

Gusto

Could David Bianchi’s West Perth restaurant Savoia be a takeover target for industry heavyweight Warren Mead? Julie-anne Sprague investigates.

27 May 2003

Lobbyists offer their approach to problem

Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey is a strong supporter of a deregulated retail trading market and is bemused that WA remains a restrictive trading environment.

27 May 2003

MILLION dollar views they might have but it seems even Perth’s riverside restaurants are susceptible to the effects of a decline in tourist numbers with two prominent restaurateurs falling to economic pressure.

20 May 2003

Taxi owners speak on industry

A SURVEY of 3,680 taxi drivers, taxi plate owners and industry representatives was finalised last week and its results are expected to heavily influence the Western Australian Government’s decision on a possible buy-back of the State’s 1,116 taxi plates.

20 May 2003

Software to go overseas

LOCAL software systems and services company Empired Limited is poised to export its human resource management tool BigRedSky to overseas tertiary education markets.

20 May 2003

Messaging made easier

AFTER four years of extensive research and development local communications start-up Ergotel has hit the crest of commercialisation and is in the process of securing further funding to expand its mark

20 May 2003

New road for former Pahth chief

PETER Hanley, the founder and former managing director of listed telecommunication reseller Pahth Telecommunications, is in the midst of building another empire, albeit with no intention of a stock ma

20 May 2003

Shopping hours opposition mounts