SEVERAL Perth hotels are upgrading bars, cellars, lounges and business centres while launching extensive refurbishment programs to attract the growing leisure and corporate markets.
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd need only speak to Grange Resources managing director Russell Clark for a first-hand account of how the proposed resource super profits is already affecting the mining industry.
BEING a good employer is not about providing everyday staff perks; rather it involves committing to what the organisation can do better for its people.
THE instability caused by the global financial crisis forced many businesses to rethink their recruitment strategy or, in some cases, put a complete freeze on hiring new staff.
CONTRARY to a common catchphrase in management circles, SPF managing directors Graham Yarker and Jeff Nicholas make it a point to work in the business, not just on it.
BY any measure, the Mid West stands on the brink of an unprecedented level of development and investment, as scores of projects across a range of industries – including mining, energy, transport, and science – jostle for pre-eminence.
THE state government expects an almost 70 per cent increase in nominal income from the various public corporations it owns – making them a very important part of balancing the budget in the years approaching the state election.
THE power players in Western Australia remain largely unchanged, though the impact of the federal government’s resource super profits tax could change the future dynamics of this mix.
The development of iron ore resources in the Mid West will require incredible cooperation between government, the private sector and local communities.
THE West Coast Eagles might be having a dreadful season on the field but its success off the field may well lie with the long-term strength of the boardroom, which has not been handicapped by salary caps, draft restrictions or drug scandals.
OPPOSITION revelations that Premier Colin Barnett’s chief-of-staff Brian Pontifex is one of Western Australia’s best-paid bureaucrats or advisers may have only underscored the value of one the most influential new players in the Liberal state government.
THE Chooks Fresh & Tasty concept began with ‘chief chook’ Steve Hansen, who started out in franchising 27 years ago when he invested in a Chicken World business with his father-in-law, Colin Manuel.
WESTERN Australia’s first liquor store franchise has achieved considerable growth since opening five years ago, after initially attracting fierce opposition from the sector’s bigger players.
ONE of Western Australia’s fastest-growing surveying companies has successfully navigated through the economic downturn, increasing its annual turnover by almost 375 per cent and tripling its staffing levels in recent years.
THE recruitment industry may have felt the effects of the global economic downturn more than most, as evidenced by the number of local businesses to fold in the past year, but Marble Group presents a different story.
IN just over a decade in the market, Peard Real Estate Group has established itself as one of Perth’s most successful locally owned and operated real estate groups.
THE federal government has come under fire amid claims its new industrial relations laws leave some workers worse off, and prevents some Western Australian businesses from growing.
