VETERANS of the Western Australian international student market know from experience that, when the English language students desert the sector, it has a ripple effect through the industry.
MORE than two years after the federal government axed its Commercial Ready program, the innovation sector is still waiting for stability and certainty of government support.
Time is money, but research takes time. It’s the paradox facing innovative entrepreneurs across the state attempting to source capital to commercialise their ideas.
While those starting an independent business may be flying solo with little support, an often-quoted bonus of the franchise system is the pre-existing infrastructure.
Curves Health Clubs are marketed as the Cheers of the fitness industry, a place where women can exercise in a supportive environment, where everybody knows their name.
THE federal government has refused to make a pre-election guarantee for junior miner representation on the panel that will finalise its proposed 30 per cent tax on coal and iron ore mining profits.
WHEN it comes to this election campaign, Martin Bullock admits to being torn between his direct business interests and his personal views about economic management.
Industrial relations remains at the forefront of business issues after opposition leader Tony Abbott’s decision to rule out any changes to Labor’s Fair Work laws, including unfair dismissal provisions for small business.
With a boom on the horizon and associated skills and labour shortages looming in Western Australia, branding becomes an integral part of attracting and retaining staff for many companies.
A WESTERN Australian intellectual property lawyer has warned that almost half of the brands belonging to the state’s top 100 companies are unprotected and vulnerable.
THE level of branding and corporate naming rights sponsorships at Western Australia’s various sporting stadiums is driving debate between avid sports fans and bean-counting corporate leaders.
WESTERN Australia’s best personal brands have remained largely the same during the past year, with Fiona Stanley again coming out on top of WA Business News’ branding survey for her list of achievements and opinions, and high public profile.
LIZA Minelli’s claim in the hit musical ‘Cabaret’ that “life is a cabaret” is a sentiment fully supported by part-time barrister and full-time playwright-cum-theatre director, Ross Lonnie.
JUST how much Western Australia’s entrepreneurial talent punches above its weight is exhibited in the state’s track record for sending its business leaders to Monaco for the equivalent of industry’s Academy Awards.
THE global cooperative movement employs about 100 million people and the top 300 cooperatives turn over $US960 billion per year, yet the sector has been largely ignored within mainstream economic and management studies for the past 60 years.
