ENGINEERING firm Gutteridge Haskins & Davey has strengthened its presence in Bunbury and WA’s south-west by moving to larger premises and appointing a new manager.
AUSTRALIA’S niche hardware and software industry is likely to get a boost from changes to the Copyright Act. The changes will allow hardware and software developers to decompile existing programs to help make compatible products.
MORE women should be encouraged to make an active contribution to the corporate world, says visiting chair of Corporate Women Directors International Irene Natividad.
A SYSTEM developed by Austal Ships and the Australian Maritime Engineering Cooperative Research Centre reduces the motion of fast ferries operating in waves by up to 50 per cent.
WA FOOD and beverage producers will soon have a huge chance to break into the UK market as Selfridges turns its London and Manchester foodhalls over to WA produce.
FAILURE in business is no mystery. Over and over again, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make near identical mistakes.According to CPA Small Business spokesman Colin Beavis, up to 90 per cent of SMEs make the same financial mistakes.
THE Australian Newsagents Federation has sought Australian Competition and Consumer Commission permission to hold representative negotiations with individual major publishers and distributors on behalf of newsagents.
COUNCIL has bent the rules to get a multi million dollar development off the ground at 131-137 Adelaide Terrace.Apparently the development is to be conducted by the Fini Group, which Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass said had done a lot for the city.
AUSTRALIAN shopping centres could become empty shells if centre managers do not pay more attention to accurate customer traffic statistics, says retail performance specialist FootFall managing director John Gallagher.
A GRUELLING five-day process has turned out a series of visions for the future of Perth.On April 9 three teams of architects, town planners, landscape architects and urban designers undertook a brainstorming session.
CONSTRUCTION worth more than $120 million is underway or planned in Joondalup. Lands Minister Doug Shave said a LandCorp review found projects worth $38 million were underway, $82 million were planned and $25 million were recently completed.
A WA small business training and advisory company is Indonesia bound.Living With Business recently won a major AusAid training project to deliver enterprise education throughout Indonesia.
WA’S fast-growing aluminium fast ferry industry has drawn a major international firm to Perth.And other international companies are showing interest in the works of shipbuilders such as Austal Ships and WaveMaster International.
A WA-based national chemical processing and manufacturing firm is out to mix it with the big boys.Joyce Corporation Ltd is trying to raise its market capitalisation to at least $50 million.
LESS than 9 per cent of permanent employees say their companies provide childcare or pay for it, a 1,000-person survey by business support personnel firm Alectus has found.
HOW do you manage dealers in 48 different countries, many in the third world, with just a marketing staff of two? That is the question facing Elizabeth Natta and Stephen Nicholson of Q-Mac Electronics.
A solid upswing in WA’s housing development is expected this year, mainly driven by the proposed goods and services tax, according to the Challenge Bank’s Market Insights report.
A PERTH cleaner has broken into the property and integrated services market in Thailand.Arrix Services has joined with Bangkok-based Siam Property and Construction to build on Siam’s existing property networks in Thailand.
MONEY management, a convention centre, a town planner, sinking the railway line and giving property owners’ votes more weight were some of the issues canvassed in the recent Lord Mayoral debate.
