Amid the continuing heritage debate, recently appointed Heritage Council chairperson Patric de Villiers talks to Tracey Cook and outlines his position on the co
INDUSTRY groups have launched an advertising first for the North-West town of Broome aimed at developing a more cohesive brand identity for the popular tourist destination.
THE participants in the WA Business News innovation forum agree that Western Australia’s universities need to drive commercial outcomes from their basic research.
A LACK of managerial and business skill has been identified as one of the major problems facing innovators who want to commercialise their research breakthrough.
PERTH’S universities are capitalising on their sizeable land holdings in an effort to remain viable in the increasingly competitive world of tertiary eduction.
A NEW-LOOK e’cucina will open later this month featuring more street exposure that is hoped will boost night and weekend trade, according to owner Steve Smith.
WITH sport so major an ingredient in Australian cultural life it’s not surprising new Labor leader Mark Latham announced he’d welcome, with “open arms” outgoing Test cricket captain Steve Waugh should he ever seek a political career.
DEMAND for Western Australian commercial property remained strong throughout 2003 and, despite the tightly held nature of this sector, the year was notable for a number of record-breaking deals,
MARKETFORCE emerged as the big winner among those competing to do business with the Western Australian government, signing a $134 million advertising contract.
LOCAL software developer CAZ Software has beaten international competition to win a $A1 million contract to supply an integrated school management system in Hong Kong.
WHILE the hairdressing industry may not have an obvious organic association with information technology, one East Perth-based salon has implemented an IT system it hopes will provide a point of difference.
Dozens of Western Australian small business owners have completed Curtin Business School's growth program. Mark Beyer spoke to two graduates about the lessons they have learned.
WHEN Kerbing West director Brian Kennewell enrolled in Curtin Business School’s growth program, he had more than 20 years of business success behind him.
WESTERN Australia’s peak property industry group, the Real Estate Institute of WA, expects the State’s real estate market to continue its solid growth throughout 2004 in response to WA’s strengthening economy.
A BUSINESS that started building go-karts for kids in 1989 has undergone enormous growth – to the point where it claims to be the world’s biggest producer of small to medium beach buggy kits.
It’s not easy to pick the best of the year’s wine industry events or tastings, particularly when you’ve been invited to so many, but David Pike does his best.
FORMER Ernst & Young tax partners Dan Fogarty and Ian Crisp have joined forces to establish a specialist tax practice targeting the corporate and resource sectors.
THE Wine Industry Association of Western Australia walked into a storm when it announced that our State had a glut of red wine and that millions of litres were sitting unsold from last vintage.
IF elections, complex internecine party machinations and factional imbroglios aren’t your favourite – and you qualify for long service leave after mid-2004 – take some time off and go interstate or overseas for that long-planned holiday.
WHEN Troy Hughes turned his mind to more than the just production of cardboard boxes he charted a new course for his Kewdale business.
And that direction has taken him into a new realm altogether – cardboard cutting to cater for kids.
