Gary Kleyn

Stronger commodity prices and weak A$ have re-activated investor and corporate interest in the resources sector.

WESTRALIA Airports Corporation's new International Freight Centre has been taken up by national companies eager to have a presence near the airport.

THE Royal Automobile Club has sold 50 per cent of its general insurance business to Australian general insurance giant Royal & Sun Alliance.

NATIONAL Australia Bank's “new economy” business incubation and acceleration subsidiary, O2-e Limited, has announced an investment and strategic distribution affiliation with Australian Internet business to business company Peakhour Pty Ltd.

CHRISTINE Silbert has been appointed general manager of Shorter PR, now part of The Shorter Group.

HIGHWAY-located industrial properties in recognised showroom precincts continue to show good demand.There were rentals of $160 to $200 per square metre per annum for 200 to 400 square metre tenancies, according to the latest monthly report by valuation

A LACK of management education could be stunting the growth of WA's small businesses.

Alinta PO releasedPrivate investors will have the opportunity to buy some of the 55 per cent of WA gas utility AlintaGas until October 6.

A TECHNOLOGY Precinct in Bentley has been developed to complement activities in and around the existing Technology Park.

THE diving dollar and interest rate fears have knee-capped the stock market since the All Ordinaries Index hit a record high of 3,330 at the end of last month.

The Australian gold sector also remains significantly undervalued relative to A$ gold prices of around A$470-$480 per oz.

THE Esperance Shire Council is undertaking a feasibility study to determine potential locations for a recreational boat facility in one of the coastal reserves it manages.

THE Lord Forrest Hotel in Bunbury is the first hotel in WA to use ethernet technology for in-room Internet access, according to hotel director and CEO David Beamish.

THE Reserve Bank of Australia will sell its building in St Georges Terrace, Perth.

A NEW web site has been launched to provide both formal and informal information for migrants to Perth.

HOTBODS Creatures has been named the Enterprise of the Year in the Belmont Small Business Awards.

WA TOURISM developer Kareelya Property Group has announced it will build a Broadwater hotel on a prime waterfront site in the Batavia Coast marina in Geraldton.

WHILE the leap in the price of oil is good financial news for the WA Government, its overall affect on WA is not likely to be positive.

A NEW $750,000 TAFE college has opened in Manjimup after relocating from the Manjimup High School.

WHILE the building industry experienced boom conditions during the first six months of 2000, tougher times were ahead, according to the Master Builders Association of WA.The MBA believes any further increases in interest rates would be disastrous for co

A MOVE to allow Baseball WA to use Lathlain Oval for baseball matches and to house its administration is a step closer to fruition.

BUSSELTON has been chosen to host a 200 plus delegate national conference in September next year.

THE Property Council of Australia' has called for the WA Government and the Opposition to revisit their proposed models for planning appeals because the current system is failing.

WESTERN Australians should make the most of the cheap airfares on offer to the eastern states while they last because they are unlikely to be repeated for some time.

WA WINE maker Hotham Wines Limited plans to raise up to $10 million, to fund its growth and provide capital for the acquisitions made over the past 12 months.

PERTH continues to grow in stature among eastern state and international retail traders with Adelaide-based department store chain Harris Scare being the latest company negotiating to enter the CBD.

TELSTRA Country Wide has appointed Noel Bridge and John Hogan to its Advisory Board.

A TEST case is looming that could change WA's industrial relations landscape.

THE historic Bridgetown railway station has been listed onto the State's register of heritage treasures.

INNER city housing was the way of the future, according to IPAC securities founding director and Channel Nine Money Show host Paul Clitheroe.

The Federal Government wants it. So does much of the local community.The State Government doesn't. It has already awarded the contract to an alterative project.

URGENT attention must be directed toward recovering around two million hectares of South West agricultural land affected by salinity, according to the Grains Research & Development Corporation.