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.
SMALL businesses operating in overseas markets are finding they need to devote increasing amounts of their time and attention to their foreign exchange needs.
FOR helping to create one of WA’s largest and most successful piggeries and becoming a major player in the State and international pork markets, Chris Brennan has been nominated for Business News’ 40 Under 40.
JOHN Howard endured it, Richard Court suffered it, and now Geoff Gallop has become another political leader with a brother linked to a company in financial difficulty.
IN one of several changes to Prime Minister John Howard’s Cabinet, former Minister for Financial Services and Regulation Joe Hockey is to be the new Federal Small Business Minister.
ALREADY reeling from tough conditions in regional areas, the WA transport industry is moving to end the crippling burden of a 5 per cent stamp duty introduced on luxury vehicles.
THE job of finding good people, especially those to lead an organisation, has become harder.No longer is it enough to use past experience to judge a person’s leadership potential.
NEARLY $2 million will be spent this financial year to promote WA as a conference destination – and that is before the marketing campaign for the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre begins.
IMPROVED computer technology is making identity fraud a multi-million dollar concern for business and police.The crime is committed when somebody assumes the identity of another person for fraudulent means.
OPINIONS are divided on whether WA has a need for its own super-computer.The WA Government is considering a proposal from a number of information technology companies, including IBM, to purchase a supercomputer for the State.
