Emily Piesse

Operational efficiency and cost management are integral to any business, and John Chudzik has helped to successfully deliver both in his 31 years with the Water Corporation.

Western Australia’s best public servants were recognised last night at the 2006 StateWest Achievement Awards, which were presented at the City of Perth Town Hall.

It was a glass of Australian wine served during a visit to Warsaw that inspired Dorothy Podgorska to establish her wine export business, Westavino.

People are the key to business performance, and engaging them from grassroots to management level is critical to achieving growth and improvement.

Pure sponsorship is no longer the norm when it comes to philanthropy in the business community, as not-for-profit organisations develop more sophisticated relationships with their corporate counterparts.

State-specific and regional migration to Western Australia has more than doubled since 2003-04, according to data released by DIMA last month.

Western Australia’s corporate finance sector is undergoing a shuffle at the top, with recent appointments at Macquarie Bank, Deloitte and Merrill Lynch.

Western Australian farmers are facing the prospect of a 50 per cent decline in winter crop production this season, according to data produced by two government reports released this month.

Leschenault, Vasse and Hamelin are names familiar to many Western Australians.

Carolyn Hall says she landed one of possibly only two jobs in Perth that suited her skills set and personal goals when she arrived home after two decades overseas.

Corporate entertaining has gone from strength to strength in the wake of the resources boom, as companies devote larger budgets to networking activities and team development.

Western Australia’s resources boom has helped deliver unprecedented returns for the national economy, with export earnings from the minerals and energy sector increasing 32 per cent to reach $90.5 billion in 2005-06.