PERTH’S major tourism retail precincts, the City of Perth and the City of Fremantle, are united in their views that deregulation of trading hours will have adverse effects on businesses and therefore the tourism value of their precincts.
GROWTH has brought some communication headaches to local internet service provider iiNet, which is in the process of assimilating its recent acquisition of eastern States-based ISP subscriber bases across to its internet offerings.
INTERNATIONAL interest in locally developed water pump technology has prompted the inventor to embark on a capital raising venture in order to exploit new markets.
REGIONAL coffee roaster Yahava Koffee Works has launched several purpose-built mobile espresso bars for sale to Perth-based operators, providing the company with an innovative way to gain brand recogn
INDIANA Tea House has had its fair share of celebrity visitors in recent weeks, with several talented Australians and international visitors dropping in for a bite to eat.
ANNE-MARIE Banting has withdrawn from the six-member Must Winebar partnership just 16 months after launching what she called her “dream hospitality business” in Highgate.
RESCUE Technology Group has restructured its management team and aims to further integrate its service offerings with parent company, Amcom Telecommunications.
LOCAL software developer Functional Software has signed a six-figure contract for the supply of back-up management software to Bank Industri in Malaysia.
THIS year’s WA Business News 40under40 1st Among Equals winner Nathan Buzza was all smiles at last week’s Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards (WAIITA).
PROMINENT Perth restaurateur Chris Taylor has been given the go ahead to develop a restaurant and function centre at Canning House, located at Point Heathcote.
AUSTRALIAN Leisure and Hospitality Group has put further acquisition plans on hold and will instead consolidate its stable of pubs, according to ALH area manager Brian Hopley.
In the third part of WA Business News’ outsourcing series Julie-anne Sprague examines the different ways to obtain outside technical support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
FEW businesses these days are immune from software and hardware hiccups.
THE Western Australian Turf Club is aggressively marketing its racecourses as premier outdoor event locations in an effort to attract non-race related functions and exhibitions to the Ascot and Belmont sites.
PLAYING cards with an event manager would be tricky for two reasons – they combine a poker-faced approach to business with a flair for developing a winning hand, whatever cards they’ve been dealt.
