Charlie Gunningham

Co-founder/CEO of Navitas, Rod Jones, joined Business News at Julio’s for a wide-ranging discussion on his personal journey and the future of education in Australia.

Offpeak Games is a virtual reality (VR) games developer. It has released two VR games, Valiant, a medieval mounted combat multiplayer game, and Arcane, a fantasy wave shooter game.

WA Local Government Association chief executive and former WA businesswoman of the year, Ricky Burges, joined Business News at Julio’s in West Perth to discuss her professional journey and what lies ahead.

Immersia has been developing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) products and services since 2014, particularly in the safety training, mining and property development sectors, as well as for concerts and marketing.

Business News enjoyed lunch at Julio’s with Michael Stanford, who heads one of WA’s largest employers, St John of God Health Care.

ImpRes People is a cloud-based platform that connects businesses with operational and project talent.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with the CEO and managing director of Decmil Group, Scott Criddle, who says building relationships is an important part of his role.

Cribber Communication provides construction and mining work sites with their own mobile newsfeed.

Wipo is an online platform of home cleaners, which allows users to book a police-checked and insured professional cleaner (called SpotHeros) to clean their home or office.

Brightwater Care Group CEO Jennifer Lawrence joined Business News for lunch at Julio’s to discuss some of the challenges facing the aged care and disability services sectors.

Now in its sixth year, the annual OzApp Awards concluded last night announcing the 2016 winner as Townsville-based Safety Culture, selected from five grand finalists which included Perth-based Formalytics, Melbourne’s Law Advisor and Reword, and Shippit (Sydney). 

With the cricket season upon us, Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with the former Australian cricketer and CEO of the WACA, Christina Matthews.

MyLeadPod is a fully automated digital platform that allows businesses to establish their own customer reward program in order to encourage referrals.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with the CEO of local uranium developer Vimy Resources.

A brand new service for parents to find and book kids activities online, and for activity providers to fill their classes.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with one of WA’s most successful homebuilders, Dale Alcock, who says a bipartisan political commitment is needed to drive investment and growth in the state.

Feedmee is a food discovery app, the ‘Tinder for food’. Users swipe through photos of food until they find what they want.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with Gary McGrath, the well-travelled GM of corporate banking at the Commonwealth Bank.

The Uber of home cooked food, Mondoz is a platform that connects people to homemade cuisine.

Educated in Rockingham, Vancouver and at UWA, and with a corporate career stretching between San Francisco and WA, Tracey Horton has some interesting perspectives on business and academia, as Business News discovered over lunch at Julio’s in West Perth.

PayNow for Stripe is a minimalist point-of-sales app, allowing users to accept credit card payments quickly on any mobile device. NFC is used to enable PayPass payments without any need for a swipe card reader.

Wholesale Exchange is an online marketplace for the WA wholesale vehicle industry.

Born in Egypt and raised in Scotland, Sherif Andrawes brings a world of experience to his role as WA chair of global accounting firm BDO, as Business News discovered over lunch at Julio’s in West Perth.

PODCAST: Business News chief executive Charlie Gunningham discusses the local tech startup scene with the director and co-founder of local venture capital firm Yuuwa Capital Matt Macfarlane and the founder of the Spacecubed and Flux coworking spaces Brodie McCulloch.

Perhaps best known these days for her support of the local arts and culture scene, Janet Holmes a Court spoke to Business News over lunch at Julio’s in West Perth about her first career as a teacher, how she was thrust into corporate life following the sudden death of her husband, Robert, and her current projects.

Gigger is a search engine for the music industry. The engine analyses data from sources such as Facebook, Soundcloud, Bandcamp and Twitter to build a profile for bands.

With CBH Group in the midst of an internal review of its structure, Business News thought it an opportune time to sit down with CEO Andrew “Andy” Crane at Julio’s in West Perth to discuss his career to date, and the grain cooperative’s future.

Fleetsu collects and analyses big data streams from various sources to aid asset management, such as the use of vehicles, machinery and equipment.

With five decades of experience in the banking and corporate sectors, there was no shortage of issues to be discussed when Tony Howarth sat down to lunch with Business News at the newly reopened Julio’s restaurant.

Instatruck connects businesses and consumers with trucks on demand.

Water Corporation CEO Sue Murphy was Business News’s luncheon guest at the newly re-opened Julio’s restaurant, where a range of business and personal topics was on the menu. 

At yesterday's WA Innovation Summit, put together for new Innovation Minister Bill Marmion, 250 invited guests came up with plans on how best to spend the newly allocated $20 million of innovation funds.