Staff Reporters

CHEFS are in big demand on the eve of one of the biggest summer seasons the hospitality industry has ever faced.

OSBORNE Park-based magnet wholesaler Aust-mag has become the first WA company to be named Australia’s best micro-business.

THE first Australian online business directory has been established with more than one million listings.

Lynas Gold NL’s gold ambitions in the Ashburton Mineral Field have been given a shot in the arm.

THE first ever ranking of Australia’s most popular web sites has been compiled by Internet research company IMR Worldwide.

THE possibility of Virgin Airlines entering the domestic passenger market is good news for Western Australians.

AROUND $7 million is available to businesses in the textile, clothing and footware industry through strategic investment programs, says TCF Resource Centre of WA manager Carol Hanlon.

Contractors to Woodside Petroleum, and that includes about every second business in WA, may be in for a rough time as the big oil and gas producer launches headlong into its cost cutting crusade.

Spectacular natural gas resource estimates – said to eclipse all the reserves in WA – have spurred exploration by Australian Coalbed Methane Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carbon Minerals NL.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS carrier and infrastructure developers Amcom Telecommunications and FiberTel Limited have merged to create one of the most aggressive listed players in the high-speed data telecommunications market.

CORPORATE fashion trends have diversified greatly over the past twenty years, says Martins managing director Martin Van Kampen.

When I first came to Perth sixteen years ago, I was met at the plane by a journalist from the newsroom I had been brought west to edit.

Despite a quiet year in terms of exploration and production activities, Stirling Resources NL has undergone considerable transformation.

OSBORNE Park-based Demtal Marketing Australia has gained national attention for its web site marketing system.

MANY small businesses will be forced to pay tax on loans they have made to their own businesses under the new tax system.

SOUTH East Metropolitan College of TAFE has recently launched a network course with networking equipment manufacturers 3Com.

For more than twenty years we have been describing the changing nature of work.

ONLINE sales are expected to reach A$14 billion worldwide just in time for Christmas.

A new gold discovery near the Western Queen deposit at the Dalgaranga gold mine in Western Australia has the potential to significantly extend the operating life of one of Australia’s most successful medium-sized gold mines.

A MOUNT Lawley-based human resources company has been formed through an alliance of specialist independent HR consultants.

THE STIRLING Business Association celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gala dinner Rendezvous Observation City Hotel.

LIKE business names and trade marks, domain names are now a valuable component of a company’s marketing and promotional strategy.

A PROGRAM of seismic exploration is planned by Hardman Resources NL and its partners after the company negotiated two hydrocarbon blocks off the West African coast.

It seems privacy issues are once again at the forefront of attention on the web.

The Hyde Park Hotel has solidified its reputation as a popular live entertainment venue with a win at the recent 1999 Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence.

There’s something quite refreshing about Code. Code is cool. Not in a tedious, gen-next, I’m-too-sexy-for-my-customers kind of way, but in the best possible way.

A major downturn in the resource sectors has been forecast by the Australian Geoscientists’ Skills & Employment Advancement Network which is concerned that the recent surge in the price of gold has created a false air of optimism within government, busine

CREATIVE, energetic staff members can provide better marketing than any advertising agency could offer, says Rydges general manager Tomas Jonsson.

A PERTH audience has been given a crash course in taking massive action to change the quality of their bank account by Canadian author Gerry Robert.

Web design and multimedia specialists Bluegem E-Link was swamped with applicants for its free web site offer at the recent Computer & Technology Expo.

WA INTERNET and information technology company Chrome Global has opened its public float with twenty million shares available at 25 cents each.

THE SUBIACO Hotel has won the best restaurant category in the Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence against stiff competition.