ALCOA is not the only WA operation experiencing community pressure. The Fremantle Port Authority also has been feeling increasing heat during the past few years.
BOASTING nearly 7,000 members throughout Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, it is no wonder Perth-headquartered automotive supply group Capricorn Society has turned to one of Australia’s most successful retailers to recruit a new leader.
WHILE the picture facing a lot of sole practitioner accountants and small accounting firms is not a pretty one, the news is not all bad.At just 28, Justin Coppin (pictured below) owns not one but three accounting practices.
p Noel DysonA POTENTIALLY lucrative career in consulting awaits Perth City Council chief executive officer Garry Hunt when his council successor is finally announced.
THE Master Builders Association of WA has hit back at construction union claims that they are free to enter any work site following a decision by the full bench of the WA Supreme Court.
WHILE the pre and post-Christmas periods may be the best sales times for many retailers, it also is a period that raises their exposure to crime.The risks of shoplifting and fraud rise as shopper traffic increases.
RESTORING the reputation of the accounting industry is one of the key goals for new Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australian national president Geoff Brayshaw.
CAN leadership and entrepreneurship be taught? This is the question facing University of WA Business School dean Paul McLeod.Dr McLeod believes the short answer is no – great leaders and entrepreneurs are born with those skills.
SUCCESSFULLY going from legal eagle to business winner has earned Australian Heritage Group managing director Sally Capp (top left) a nomination for Business News’ 40 Under 40 program.
A BILL due to be debated next year will, if it becomes law, make WA’s Department of State Revenue the most powerful tax collecting agency in Australia.
WA’S newsagents have been given a 12-month reprieve on plans to put Lotto online.Newsagents were concerned when Lotteries Commission plans to put the money-spinning numbers game onto the Internet became public earlier this year.
DIRECTORS of the failed Geraldton Building Co, Laurence Gallop and Geoff Crothers, have emerged with links to the new owners of sizeable portions of the failed business.
VITAL information on serious workplace accidents could be being missed because of an agreement between two of WA’s peak workplace injury bodies, WorkCover and WorkSafe.
JACKSON McDonald chairman Jonathon Ilbery has been appointed to chair a business taxation reference group that is part of the WA Government’s review of business taxation.The business tax review was announced in the State Budget in September.
TRUE leaders need to earn respect, according to CPA Australia WA chief executive officer Justin Walawski.“They need to be able to lead by example and show they are worthy of their leadership role,” he said.
AFTER 12 years – eight of them as a part-time operation – a WA-based driver training and transport management company is starting its international expansion.
