Noel Dyson

ZURICH Financial Services Australia has launched an insurance package specifically for the directors and employees of small to medium enterprises.

THE Federal Government has served small businesses operating as trusts or incorporated structures Clayton’s tax cuts, says Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia principal consultant on tax change Ken Traill.

BUILDING managers’ lives are becoming easier as buildings get smarter.

SMALL business mistrust of visits from Australian Tax Office field officers to help them understand the GST may be misplaced.

A PROPOSAL to demolish the Berkley Flats at 190 Adelaide Terrace and replace them with a nineteen-storey building housing 106 serviced apartments, a function centre, cafe and medical consulting rooms has been deferred by council.

As the interest in e-commerce skyrockets, so does the need for skilled staff.

AS A school leaver Alan Good opted for a commerce degree because it was about the broadest professional course on offer.

NOODLES from WA are now being slurped up around the world thanks to Noodles Australia.

THE City of Perth is in danger of losing the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to other municipalities after it again rejected a request to donate $10,000 to organisers.

THE LAST day of this century will be spent on the ‘sickbed’ and not at the grindstone, according to a recent Morgan & Banks survey.

MIDLAND TAFE information and career advisory officer Mira Osgerby has won the Wendy Middleton Award.

THE British have landed and they are looking for business opportunities.

MANY contractors are grumbling the Australian Business Number is an attempt to draw them into the Pay As You Earn tax net. However, this may not be the case.

SMALL businesses will find tendering for government contracts easier using a tender shell document developed by the WA’s Department of Contract and Management Services.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained an agreement for some advertising on the Australian Olives’ Internet site to be removed.

A recent visit by an Egyptian conglomerate showed the opportunities awaiting WA firms on the Indian Ocean rim.

A NEW publication has been released to raise awareness of contracts and associated pitfalls.

COUNCIL has appointed Lakis Constructions to build its new works depot in Osborne Park for $2.2 million.

CHALLENGE Bank and its eastern states parent Westpac are sending their customers a written guarantee that Y2K will not affect the safety of their money or the banks’ ability to keep accurate financial records.

WA COMPANIES are missing the business benefits of learning from each other, says Arnott’s WA project officer Steve Holzman.

THE Northbridge Festival is set to live again in 2000 after it was killed off by the Festival of Perth to make way for its Calypsamba parade in 1995.

WHILE many investors are using the Internet to buy and sell shares, too many do not understand how it really works.

THE 246-room hotel planned for Dunlop House seems close to reality.

COUNCIL has approved a plan for markets on Barrack Square, two weeks after laying its own market plans for Murray and Lake Streets to rest.

INTERNET browsing not related to work could be costing organisations up to $1 billion a year in lost productivity alone, according to a new study by Perth-based information technology company Living-stone Group Limited.

PERTH City Council has refused to give the Perth Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival and Parade $10,000 – even though the event could add $300,000 to council coffers.

WEST Perth will return to its former residential glory if the Perth City Council has any say in the matter.

COUNCIL’S days of dumping rubbish at Tamala Park, Mindarie may soon draw to an end.

PLANS to turn an eleven storey office building into an apartment complex with a ground floor gymnasium and eating house have been approved by council.

COUNCIL has declared a building at 61 Mount Street is not of heritage value and the owner can proceed with his plans to redevelop the property.

A BILL legitimising electronic transactions is a step closer to becoming law.

INTERNET searcher Andrew Callaghan has won the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Gull Award for September.