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ELECTRONICS and manufacturing company Omnitronics is in the midst of a national marketing campaign as it prepares to take its latest product into the international arena.

MANY small and medium-sized businesses don’t believe they are at a high risk from hackers...

FOOTWEAR retailer Betts (formerly Betts and Betts) will launch a new set of TV ads this week aimed at creating market awareness for its new ‘fashion’ retail focus.

RECENT high levels of two-way investment between Australia and the US would be further enhanced by a free trade agreement, according to the Australian APEC Study Centre.

In the final part of our fleet management series, Mark Beyer seeks advice from some of the major players in the local market.

After the intensity of the recent Sheraton Wine Awards David Pike decides to take a breather from the grape and instead focus on some of the best spirits Scotland has to offer.

On the lookout for good staff? Michael Forde sure is, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

In a special report, Alison Birrane looks at the difference between viruses and worms and recent worm attacks that have been making headlines around the world.

MECHANICAL engineer Caroline Chen dominated nominations in the category of female engineer, with support from both her colleagues at GRD Minproc and engineers at other firms.

REAL estate multimedia developer aussiehome.com has launched a new mapping service six months after signing a deal with UK mapping developer MultiMap.

WHAT is worse than not having enough money? For some people, dear souls, it is the problem of having too much.

SCANNING technology and the Internet are enabling Perth-based market research firm Savant Surveys and Strategies to significantly speed up the research collation process.

FUTURE sponsorships undertaken by one of WA’s largest general insurers, SGIO, will have a strong community association according to State manager Garry Moore.

ENGINEERING and consulting company GHD has achieved remarkable growth over the past 25 years but no period was more significant than when John Phillips took the reins.

GRD Minproc is well known as one of Australia’s top engineering construction companies, but who remembers Wilde Ireland Mining and Process Engineering Services (WA) Pty Ltd?

AFTER 26 years with the Clough group, including eight as managing director, Brian Hewitt is discovering life outside a big company.

PERTH-BASED natural health care products manufacturer Wild Child is set to expand into global markets with a new international contracts and an expanded product line.

MARK Bush and his staff at the University of Western Australia can feel pleased with the results of the Engineering Elite survey.

WA Business News played host to a wide range of business people and the leading State Government figures on the issue of taxes and charges imposed in Western Australia.

A DIVERSE group of project managers from private sector companies through to government agencies received multiple nominations in the Engineering Elite survey.

PROPERTY investment advice group Property Buyers Bureau has found a secure niche in the property market just 18 months after setting up shop in Perth.

WINNERS of the 2003 Engineering Excellence Awards, the State’s premier awards for engineering projects, will be announced on September 5.

IN keeping with the property industry’s growing awareness of all things sustainable, The Green Building Council launched its ‘green star’ rating tool for commercial office buildin

ELITE engineering creates a double-edged sword for the medical industry.

Central to a business’s decision to relocate or refurbish office premises is identifying future needs. Tracey Cook examines how businesses can approach this task to ensure new premises match up to their business model.

A SELECT group of just three young engineers received multiple nominations from people outside their current firm.

SEALANES, Western Power and Brightwater are three very different organisations with highly varied approaches to fleet management.

JAMES Trevelyan describes the development of an industrial robot capable of being operated via the Internet as something “developed from a crazy idea in the 1990s that is now taken for granted”.

THE Australian Taxation Office plans to conduct 70,000 compliance reviews this year to detect and deal with businesses operating in the black economy.

Mr Turner’s recent work has brought him into regular contact with Frank Dilizia, operations manager civil infrastructure for John Holland.

JUST when many thought the first notes of spring had arrived we were given a sharp reminder of winter last week.

GHD engineer Kim McFarland was nominated in three categories of the Engineering Elite survey, including for his role as a mentor of engineering graduates.