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LAURA Taylor has been appointed CEO of the Dôme group as Dôme Coffees Australia consolidates its position in the Australian coffee market.

DÔME Coffees Australia has completed its purchase of Perth café chain Cino To Go and is planning to expand the brand to the East Coast.

The Middle East gulf states of Bahrain and Qatar are the next expansion frontiers for the rapidly expanding Dome coffee group.

Property and business services has been the fastest growing industry sector in Western Australia over the past 20 years, Australian Bureau of Statistics data has found.

As the biggest franchise in Western Australia measured by the number of outlets, Jim’s (WA) reflects two of the major trends in franchising – it is a service-based business and a diversified group.

Western Australian-based coffee chain Dome Coffee Australia has announced yet another investment, with a $2 million rebuilding of the Rottnest Island operations on the cards.

PHIL Sexton, the co-founder of Matilda Bay Brewing Co, Dome Coffees, and Little Creatures, believes there are three key elements to staff training in hospitality.

Some parts of the economy might be in cost-cutting mode, but coffee franchising is still a growth sector.

Franchise groups face fines of up to $51,000 for serious breaches of the Franchising Code of Conduct under draft reforms released today by the federal government.

The Franchise Council of Australia has criticised planned federal government reforms, claiming there is inconsistency between Small Business Minister Bruce Billson’s stated intentions and draft changes to the franchising code of conduct.

Midland's Dome Coffees franchise opposite the Midland Gate Shopping Centre has been sold to a private investor for $2.7 million, in a deal brokered by commercial real estate group CBRE.

Private equity players are at the heart of a second major Perth-based food franchise deal within 12 months, with Malaysian private equity firm Navis Capital Partners reacquiring a majority stake in Dome Coffees at a price estimated to be at least $50 million.

Hospitality proprietors are funnelling money into makeovers for some of Perth’s best-known establishments.

Western Australian resources companies are increasingly looking to private equity players for funding as an alternative to traditional capital raisings, with more than $300 million in deals just this month.

Private equity funds are turning into long-term owners of some major WA businesses, after being unable to complete their planned exits.

A $70 million property development planned for the Pilbara mining town of Newman has brought together a couple of unlikely bedfellows and, in the process, created uncertainty for some existing retailers.

Retail tenants are showing strong interest in Newman’s $30 million new shopping centre, with construction starting this week on the joint venture between BHP Billiton and community charity St Bartholomew’s House.

A group of determined local business people have come together for the first time in Perth’s history to create a museum dedicated to the city’s past and present.

Port Hedland investors and developers are proving to be resilient and opportunistic, but it remains to be seen how the Pilbara town will successfully diversify from its resources-reliant economy.

The search is on again for local innovators and entrepreneurs to participate in the 10th anniversary of the WA Innovator of the Year program.

A lack of employer awareness and experience in terms of hiring people with a disability has led to misperceptions about what they can offer.