Catie Low

THE new generation of hand-held personal digital assistants (PDAs) is delivering some real solutions to everyday dilemmas.

IT’S not just business people who have cast aside the suit and tie for a more relaxed image. Business journalism also has undergone a bit of a sea change, driven by superannuation and growing share ownership among the masses.

CONCERN at the level of bad publicity and misinformation surrounding the nation’s blue gum harvest has prompted one industry group to look to marketing to mend some fences.

AN exhibition of recent works by Australian artist Rick Amor has already attracted considerable interest among collectors.

THE East Perth Redevelopment Authority is pushing ahead with plans for a new supermarket within the Northbridge renewal area, between Fitzgerald Street and Lord Street.

A NEW Australian film due for national release in early Septem-ber explores the groundswell of anti-corporate sentiment in Australia.

THE sale of locally-produced documentary series Animal Allies to Britain’s Independent Television Network is a major coup for Perth-based production company Storyteller Productions.

TITLES including Windrider, Singapore Sling and episodes of Ship to Shore are all up for grabs in the sale of Barron Entertain-ment’s film library.

SANDALFORD Wines in the Swan Valley is planning a Leeuwin Estate-style concert in the grounds of the vineyard this January.

IN a small home office just off King Street in Perth there’s a man busy on a paper round, delivering about 5,000 different publications to homes and offices around the globe.

THERE wasn’t much room to spare at the Stockade in Perth last week when the entire South African rugby union squad, the Springboks, filed in to be fitted for Driza-Bone coats ahead of the big game this Saturday.

AFTER just two years struggling to expand its business in Northbridge, Mosaic Books has relocated to Rokeby Road in Subiaco.

THE Springboks have brought in their own radio station to help whip up a bit of nationalistic fervour among Perth’s sizeable South African ex-pat population.

A NEW telecommunications company has shunned the bright lights and busy streets of Australian cities, choosing instead to base itself in Albany.

BUILT during the 1960s to withstand a nuclear attack, the Supermail centre on Stirling Street has undergone an extraordinary transformation in the past 26 weeks, leading the redevelopment of the Stirling St precinct north-west of the city.

A 24-HOUR butler with a hotline to caterers, cleaners and car detailers is the latest enticement for buyers in the market for a luxury apartment in Perth.

A COMBINATION of head lice, Shane Gould and a carefully deployed marketing plan has enabled a Margaret River business to develop a range of natural health products for Australia and the world.

A SLEEPY street in the West End of Perth is undergoing a rapid metamorphosis with plans to link redeveloped retail and office space with the $45 million Raine Square development.

IF bicycle theft, rain or helmet hair has put you off cycling into work, you’ll need to find some better excuses following the launch of Perth’s first bicycle storage and service centre in Queen Street this month.

A STEADY commercial construction market has provided plenty of opportunities for Perth builders, with the 10 biggest holding a combined total of $210 million worth of metropolitan commercial building work.

WITH interactive television still marred by a variety of problems in Australia, mobile phones increasingly are being used to deliver innovative interactive solutions.

WITH the release of the ABA’s revised radio licence plan for the Perth area less than a fortnight away, the latest radio ratings reveal a very stable market with no major shifts for any of the stations.

RONNIE Duncan, Marketforce’s newest recruit, plans to get underneath your skin (or at least into the mind of the consumer) in his role as planning director at Perth’s biggest advertising agency.

OPERATORS in the local advertising industry claim current market conditions are the toughest in a decade.

THE announcement that Barron Entertainment has gone into administration has dealt a severe blow to Perth’s fledgling film and television industry.

CHARLES Jamieson has resigned as managing director of Austrade. Austrade chairman Ross Adler announced the news at Austrade’s monthly board meeting in Sydney.

AS the 2000 Australian Football League season draws to a close, the media has momentarily taken its eye off the ball to focus on the increasingly intense speculation on the future of Channel Seven’s star AFL commentators.

WHILE there might not be much to laugh about in many regional areas of WA this winter, a new television commercial for Wesfarmers Federation Insurance is taking a lighter look at life on the farm to get the message out all over regional Australia

GETTING it right the first time with fast, friendly and efficient service seems to be the key to a keeping Australian business travellers happy.

AFTER a three-year absence the WA Tourism Commission is making a concerted push back into the South African market.The move follows recent research by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing that 14,000 South Africans travelled to WA in 1999.

LOCAL recruitment company Integrated Workforce is planning to break at least one record this year in the 2001 City to Surf fun run by entering a corporate team of more than 1,000 staff.

PLANS for a dedicated seniors’ radio station have been thwarted by efforts to get local AM stations 6PR and 6IX onto the FM band.