Noel Dyson

TAX cheats should have their anonymity stripped away, says Institute of Chartered Accountants director of taxation Ian Langford-Brown.

LANDCORP has continued its selling splurge in the northern suburbs with the sale of a further five lots in Clarkson’s Ocean Keys development.

MOVES to pull contractors earning more than 80 per cent of their income from the one source into the PAYE net could create a minefield for employers.

COMPAINTS about unauthorised ATM and EFTPOS transactions has remained relatively low, with sixteen complaints recorded per one million transactions.

CUTTING out the weekly trip to the supermarket could mean big bucks for the online suppliers of consumables.

WITHOUT the ability to go into farming, Ambrose Depiazzi found accounting as his best opportunity to have a career and stay in the bush.

AFTER “wasting my life on the beach”, Damon Wilmhurst decided to put what he’d learnt to good use and become a bodyboard coach.

AUSTRALIAN electronic retailers who fail to deliver superior customer service risk losing customers for good, says store CEO David Gold.

DESPERATE and dateless rejoice. ECAT Development Capital has entered into an agreement with a US-based Internet dating service to establish a similar service in Australia.

A LOSS in the battle with BHP in WA’s North West could spell the end of the stronghold that Australia’s unions have traditionally held there.

NOVEMBER sales figures afforded retailers an early Christmas bonus with WA’s highest spending month on record, according to recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

RESULTS of a recent business survey suggest 94 per cent of respondents intend to continue operating in Fremantle.

TRUCKING companies now have a tool that can save them up to 20 per cent of their transport costs.

AUSTRALIAN business people are setting themselves up forfailure before they even start, says transformationalist Teya Antonio-Wright.

THE Federal Government is keeping its maligned agriculture first trade policy because it gives Australia a seat at the “big table” of world trade, says Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

ONLINE recruitment is booming in Australia according to Internet job site Seek executive director Matthew Rockman.

WA-BASED Q Multimedium has signed a contract with UK-based Midas Interactive Entertainment BV to develop a range of Q Sport mini CD-ROMs for the international market.

A WA engineering company has sewn up a five year deal with Rolls Royce worth at least $20 million over the next two years and potentially up to $125 million.

AUSTRALIA’S top companies are wasting millions of dollars each year by adopting ad hoc senior staff relocation policies.

AT JUST sixteen years old, Chris Cornish is playing a major role in planning a network for a national Internet service provider.

ALLIED Mining & Processing has entered into an agreement with Internet Business Centre principals Richard Keeves and David Dell to acquire an interest in Fastpath Pty Ltd.

A LAW change which would mean architects did not have to be registered could harm the public interest, warns Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ WA president Harry Schubert.

WA’S economic future in the coming year will be a mixed bag, says Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist Nicky Cusworth.

Concerns have been raised over businesses’ tardiness intaking up Australian Business Numbers.

WA’S largest privately-owned wine company Evans & Tate has become the first Margaret River winery to list on the Australian Stock Exchange.

HELP is at hand for thousands of people wanting to explore their training and education options.

COMPUTER networks no longer need cables.

Small WA retailers are breathing a sigh of relief after the promise that trading hours will not be deregulated until at least after the next State Government election.

IT SEEMS pets in the workplace are not as welcome as was previously thought.

APPLICATIONS are being called for $171 million of new funding from the Federal Government’s Networking the Nation program.

International trade between Australia and overseas has increased, yet customs staff numbers have been steadily decreasing.

Two women have set out to bring Italian culture and language to the Perth business community.