Catie Low

THE launch of an Australian collection of south sea pearls at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid this month marks the beginning of a serious international branding campaign for a local family business.

WHETHER you're wondering which child restraint is best for your car, or just musing about the mechanics of automatic transmissions, the new RAC website might be of interest.

AN announcement this week regarding the reassignment of the development rights for the Port Kennedy development is being hailed a step forward for the embattled development.

A NATIONAL publication launched this week in Perth is working to educate indigenous people about small business opportunities.

ALTHOUGH not quite a clean bill of health, Foundation Healthcare's February results are showing significant signs of recovery.

QUEEN Street property owner Barry Silbert has developed an innovative proposal for two turn-of-the-century buildings on Queen Street at the west end of the city.

A WEAK end to the year in 2001 has taken its toll on a number of businesses in the marketing industry, and Stratagem is no exception.

THE local advertising industry has its sights set on the State Government as the major agencies head for the trenches in readiness for a string of major account pitches.

WESTRALIA Airports Corporation is considering developing a significant biowaste facility on land adjacent to the Perth International Airport.

HISTORY is a provocative theme for many artists however for Sylvia Huege de Serville exploring the past is a way of connecting with the present and understanding an ancient culture.

WHEN The Brand Agency won two of the top gongs at the Campaign Brief Awards this week it was strangely reminiscent of Steven Bradbury's extraordinary gold medal win at the Winter Olympics.

IT has been 12 months since copyright authorities Australasian Performing Right Association and Phonographic Performance Company of Australia moved to charge companies for the use of music on telephone on-hold services.

EFFICIENT, flexible space. It's a simple idea but, for many businesses, the modern office still fails to provide the necessary storage capacity.

FOODBANK appears to have found a new site to house its burgeoning business.

THE local advertising industry might be having a tough time in light of the Government's drastic cut to public spending on advertising, but the public relations market is putting a positive spin on the future.

EMIRATES is one of two new tenants moving into the Cape Bouvard Investments-owned building at 181 St Georges Terrace.

MAKING money from property investments is easy, you just have to adjust your mental attitude. At least that's what local author Craig Turnbull believes.

PERTH'S retail sector will face some serious challenges if the Perth City Rail Advisory Committee findings support a new railway station on William Street.

THE corner office has traditionally been held up as a symbol of corporate success, but a flatter management style is shaking the executives out of their luxurious boltholes and back onto the factory floor.

FORMULA Nippon has posted a press release on its site and a map of the proposed site to announce the Perth race in February 2003.

The WA Government may have shunned widespread consultation in favour of an apparently transport-driven outcome for its proposed $1.2 billion rail link from Perth to Mandurah but it is still attracting a lot of attention from a diverse

THE relaunch of David Jones in Perth this week is testament to the immense power of hound's tooth and a strong brand.

Augusta-Margaret River's director of development services, a key player in the shire's planning department, has left the embattled shire.

FROM ancient Rome to Sydney, the pattern of a city's urban expansion runs parallel to the development of major new infrastructure, principally its transport links.

THE Law Society is on the move after selling its building at 33 Barrack Street.The society will relocate to 89 St Georges Terrace, with major changes in store for the staff, who will have to adjust to life in a very new office environment.

THOSE working in the media and marketing industry must wonder if they are living in the same country as the rest of us some days.

THERE is strong speculation that another ownership change at Allendale Square is close at hand, less than six months after Cape Bouvard Investments bought half of the building for $45 million.

BURSWOOD and Mirvac Fini announced the signing of a joint venture agreement this week for the redevelopment of the former Swan Portland site adjacent to the Burswood International Resort Casino.

A TOUGH advertising market has prompted MJB&B to shed its e-marketing arm, Livewire, rather than commit any more serious investment in a volatile market.

THE Office of Road Safety has called for tenders for its $6 million advertising account.

A SPECIAL meeting of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River has resulted in a decision to take the thorny Gnarabup development issue out of the hands of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River staff.

THE party looks like it's finally over for one of Perth's best loved student drinking haunts (below left).