Gary Kleyn

BLACK George Wines and Warren River Estate have been merged into a single project which is now seeking to raise up to $14 million to expand its vineyard and build a winery.Black George Wines has been established since 1981 and has 25 hectares already...

WA HAD the country’s highest average weekly disposable income with 4 per cent above average, according to 1997-98 data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

ENVIRONMENTAL protection – and by extension the Department of Environmental Protection – is good for developers.

NOW the GST has arrived, businesses will have to come to terms with a new three letter acronym – BAS.

THE new $310 million convention centre will accelerate the trend towards accommodation developments in the CBD causing property values to surge, NSC Corporate director Nick Stanisis said.

BUSINESS News is on the move.

THE Real Estate Institute of WA has welcomed an Australian Taxation Office ruling removing requirements for residential rental strata unit owners to be registered for GST.

FARMERS can look forward to a brighter future for 2000-01, according to forecasts by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics outlined in the June quarter issue of Australian Commodities.

CONSTRUCTION firm Clough Engineering Limited has sold its nine-storey Perth headquarters building to the National Australia Bank Superannua-tion Fund for $21.3 million.

FOLLOWING five years of consultation, the WA Planning Commission has released a report which maps out infrastructure planning for greater Bunbury and the South West.Central to Industry 2039: Greater Bunbury Industrial Land and Port Access Planning i..

BANKWEST’S net profit has risen by 17.1 per cent and dividends per share are up 9.1 per cent.

THE complexity of the GST and other tax changes and their far reaching effects on builders, subcontractors and homebuyers present the greatest challenge faced by the building industry.

THE WA roller door market is set for a shake-up following the sale of 50 per cent of Perth-based TG Doors to Adelaide company Gliderol Garage Doors.

BEST Western hotel chain WA managing director Laurie O’Meara has been appointed by Tourism Minister Norman Moore to the Rottnest Island Authority for two years.

A PERTH building company and a cabinet maker are looking at a possible joint venture to capture benefits from the huge growth spurt in South West wineries and produce barrels – in place of imported ones from Europe.

WA IS Australia’s leading and fastest growing natural gas market with just under 50 per cent of primary energy share, according to Australian Gas Association industry development manager David Parker.

LISTED Property Trusts will continue to grow through amalgamations and consolidations as a result of pressures of globalisation, according to Australian Property Institute national president Ian Dalgarno.

WA WINEMAKER Xanadu has beaten winemakers from more than twenty countries to win two gold metals at the Singapore International Wine Challenge.

PERTH’S new soccer stadium could pose serious problems for CBD commuters.

IN RESPONSE to confusion in the small business sector inrelation to laws governing leasing, the Small Business Development Corporation has released a guide to commercial leasing.Leasing Business Premises: A Commercial and Practical Guide aims to assi

AUSTRALIAN mineral resource export earnings increased by7 per cent during the March quarter to $11,000 million according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.Exports of crude oil and other refinery feedstock were the larges

CORPORATE relocation of employees is no longer viewed as being the concern of just the employee.

BUILDERS are facing twelve month delays in dispute resolution and the WA Govern-ment is sitting on its hands over the problem according to the Master Builders Association.

THE PERTH Mint made a sterling debut at the recent 2000 WA Tourism Awards for Excellence, winning three gold awards in the categories of heritage and cultural tourism, tourism retailing, and tourism marketing and promotional campaigns.

HBF Health Fund managing director Michael Gurry, 53, has been appointed to the board of directors of online insurance broker Insurance My Way.

SMALL GST-registered retailers can expect a one-off credit for their embedded wholesale sales tax.

MORE than 300 real estate agencies in WA – about one in five – will disappear during the first year after the introduction of the GST, according to Geoff Baldwin Team managing director Geoff Baldwin.

Malcolm Richmond has turned his back on the private sector and joined the education arena with his appointment to Curtin University of Technology as professorial fellow in the Curtin Business School and the WA School of Mines.

A NEW nursery at Manjimup in the South West will be used in the war against salinity in the State.

WA HAS recorded its highest number of working days lost in one month through industrial disputes since April 1997, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureauof Statistics.

THE eastern part of the CBD area around Barrack Street – long regarded as a Cinderalla retail area – is poisedto become a major shopping hub, according to NSC Corporate Property Consultants director Andrew Campbell.

BGC Australia – WA’s largest new home building company _ has announced major expansion plans for the company in the South West