TAKE a walk down a main street in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator and it’s only a matter of time until you bump into a Western Australian, according to Aspire Mining managing director David Paull.
With the journey to Bali taking just as long as the drive to Margaret River, the state’s closest Asia-Pacific neighbour has long been a draw card for Western Australian holiday makers and, as it turns out, business investment.
IT should come as no surprise that the biggest and most common issue confronting a bunch of successful Western Australian companies is that of labour - getting and keeping the skills they need to meet the strong demand they are seeing.
An opportunity to build Bali’s first marine tourism operation led Richard Chandler and three business partners to establish Bali Hai Cruises in 1990 and there is no doubt the business, like most associated with the Indonesian island, has been presen
A strong theme among Ernst & Young’s western region finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year is the technology businesses that have developed to service the resources sector.
A DELOITTE corporate finance survey has found a recovery in stock market floats in Western Australia during the past financial year, although the annual data disguises a slump in activity in recent months.
WHEN a group of industry leaders gathered at WA Business News this month to discuss the cost of doing business, they raised plenty of worrying issues, but also found one good news story in a most unlikely place.
KERRY Hill Architects has grown in recent years to have a substantial practice in Fremantle, but it would not have been that way if the firm had not won the design competition for the State Theatre Centre.
COMMUTERS and shoppers passing through the Perth Cultural Centre in Northbridge have seen big changes over the past year, and they are a pointer to even larger changes afoot.
RECENTLY completed office tower one40william has become the first new central city development in Perth to win the architecture profession’s top prize in more than a decade.
THE Barnett government’s blueprint to transform Perth into a vibrant, contemporary city could prove to be the saviour of the local architecture sector, but the true potential of these once-in-a-generation projects reaches far beyond their financial impact
FINANCIAL planner and funds manager Addwealth is riding high after a stellar 12 months to April 30 – and revenue is poised to surge again in the next year.
THE common perception of the resources sector may be one of hum drum processes such as digging and drilling, but Belmont oil and gas services business Velocious proves that there are plenty of intellectual challenges in this sector for local players who p
THE flexibility to refine his business plan after initial setbacks has delivered Adam Lamond a thriving operation that provides engineering, maintenance and industrial services to the likes of BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group.
WHILE many businesses in the west are bracing for the economically stifling impact of impending skills shortages, Skill Hire chief executive Stephen Edgar sees opportunity.
BURGER entrepreneur and chef Justin Bell has taken a sizable bite out of the Perth market and is aiming to serve up his unique fare in Melbourne by spring.
ONE man’s vision to provide a value-added pressure-testing service to the construction, resources and oil and gas industries, has led to the emergence of a leading Australian company poised to expand offshore.
THE solar retailer business can be risky, with changes to government subsidies and rebates altering the ebb and flow of the market, but Sun Connect hasn’t let this reality dominate its strategy.
BANKS and risk management groups say the Australian dollar’s volatility makes it a good time for businesses to start using hedging instruments to protect against foreign exchange risk.
