Noel Dyson

AS part of the implementation of Nutrition WA:2000, the food industry is encouraged to apply for a nomination for the WA Nutrition Awards.

MORE secretaries are being drawn into the management side of the business a survey by business support personnel firm Alectus has found.

A $1 million contract has been awarded to create 34 fully-serviced residential lots at Carnar-von’s NorthWater Estate.

THE first foray into WA’s healthy food retail market is expected to prove successful for retailer Healthy Life.

A COMPREHENSIVE information industries investment plan has been formulated by the Federal Govern-ment to encourage higher levels of investment in Australia’s information technology and telecommunications industries.

ARRANGEMENTS for the development of a plantation-based woodchip mill in Albany are expected to be finalised by the end of May.

UNDUE focus on cost-cutting and downsizing is leaving Australia with a largely uncommitted workforce, a survey of nearly 500 senior executives has found.

AN EXTRA ten Maxi Plus taxi plates have been made available by public tender.

INCREASING membership in under-represented industries such as retail is the main task facing new Australian Customer Service Association president Jillian Mercer.

Mining giant Rio Tinto held its annual general meeting in Perth for the first time on 27 May.

WA BUSINESSES are becoming more pessimistic, the latest WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry–BankWest Business Survey has found.

THE Australian Procurement and Con-struction Council has finalised its framework to help small and medium-sized businesses be more competitive in the government contracting market.

BRINGING a feminine touch to the art of insolvency has helped Diana Newman forge a successful career.

THERE is inadequate support and encouragement for Australian small business owners to train themselves and their staff a study by the Society of Australian Certified Practising Accountants has found.

THE St John of God Primary Care Centre at St John of God Health Care Subiaco has opened officially.

COMPANIES can now be registered in just minutes via the Internet thanks to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s new Electronic Company Registration service.

THE way has been formally opened for the East Perth Redevelopment Authority’s boundary extension.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP is alive and well in WA, judging by the turnout at the recent Business Opportunities and Franchising Expo.

AGWEST and the Department of Commerce and Trade have joined forces to appoint a representative in Taipei who will develop WA agriculture and fisheries interests.

A RECORD producer, an Internet maximiser and a mining software producer are three of the winners in the inaugural Asia Pacific Information Technology and Telecommunication awards.

AFTER giving Barrack Street traders the short-term parking bays they needed, Perth City Council has changed its mind – again.

KUNUNURRA company JJ McDonald & Sons Engineering has won the $3 million contract to enlarge Wyndham’s 27 year old Moochalabra Dam.

MORE than 50 per cent of Aust-ralian employers believe the proposed work for the dole scheme for unemployed people up to the age of 40 will be a winner, says the Morgan & Banks Job Index survey.

WHILE the debate about sharing fisheries between commercial and recreational fishermen rages, it appears Western Australians would rather buy their seafood than catch it.

PLANS to develop a $4 million six-storey, nine apartment building at 4 Bellevue Terrace, West Perth have been stalled by council.

ONE fifth of men think females make better managers, a 1,000 subject survey by recruiter Alectus has found.

BARRACK Street traders look like getting short-term parking and loading bays back. At Perth City Council’s 11 May meeting, Councillor Jennifer MacGill moved the maximum number of parking bays and loading zones be placed between the trees on Barrack Street

WA WAS touted to more than 3,000 delegates as a world class site for aquaculture development at the recent World Aquaculture ’99 international conference in Sydney.

HOLLAND-based integrated financial services giant ING Group has made its first foray into the Australian market, taking ownership of Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre.

THE WA-based Australia Clinic has signed agreements with a major hospital in Pakistan and a business partner in Mumbai, Western India.

THE housing industry will gain through the $199 million expansion of the Keystart Housing Scheme to a total allocation of $499 million to give 5,000 low to moderate income homebuyers access to their own homes.

NEW jobs are expected to be created and food commodity exports boosted from the South West by a new quality assurance program.