THE appointment of Gary Arcus is another indication that things are changing at the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce.In the past year the Chamber has been on a rejuvenation and marketing drive to bring more businesses into the fold.
AUCTIONEER Gregson Flanagan is scouring key sites in the western suburbs in a bid to find a high profile replacement for its Stirling Highway retail premises.
BREAK-INS at commercial properties is growing at almost twice the rate as that for residential premises, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
THE collapse of part of the Pells army surplus store on Wellington Street, next door to the Woolworths site, brought part of Perth's CBD to a standstill for several hours this week.
PROMOTING the benefits of an environmentally friendly and sustainable development is a key strategy behind a new joint venture between two Perth architecture firms.
THE Health Insurance Fund of WA has announced a 49 per cent total membership growth and an 80 per cent growth in members with hospital tables, the largest growth it has ever experienced.
REGULATIONS and tax compliance are strangling the development of regional areas and costing Australia millions of dollars of potential industry investment, according to two leading business groups.
WA RURAL areas are gaining a $7.5 million injection for new medical and theatre equipment, upgrading health service facilities and new and improved accommodation for regional health workers.
FOUNDERS of listed companies in WA are reviewing the scale of their controlling interests in a bid to attract investors who have turned their backs on local stocks.
THE troubled Port Kennedy resort proposal has been taken to task by the WA Government which threatened to cancel the exclusive development rights over the land, south of Rockingham.
EVIDENCE this week that the slump in WA building activity may be nearing an end with the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicating a 12 per cent increase in seasonally adjusted approval numbers during the September quarter.
THE emerging trend with globalisation is for population and business growth to focus on the world's larger cities, according to Planning Minister Graham Kierath.
The following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.David S. Karpin and Rudi Sirr have been appointed non-executive directors of King-stream Steel Ltd.
A CONCEPT plan for the streetscape redevelopment of Cantonment Street, Fremantle is being released in December for 10 weeks of public comment.The Fremantle City Council wants to consider the design and public comments in March.
THE Government's proposed changes to trusts unfairly discriminate against small business, according to CPA Australia.In a submission to the Federal Treasurer, the CPAs opposed the proposal calling for a fundamental policy rethink.
STILL smarting from the Federal Senate's rejection of the WA Government's Native Title regime, it appears both the State and business are resolved to make things work under the existing legislation.
AURORA Queens Gardens, the new addition to the growing list of inner city residential developments due for construction, will introduce a new design concept to Perth according to selling agent James Limnios from Limnios Property Services.
