Gary Kleyn

Only 19 per cent of rural high school students who complete high school go on to higher education, yet 30 per cent of city students do so.

PERTH-based conference and meeting organisers were offered the choice of a smorgasbord of venues at the inaugural South West Showcase.

WORK on the western end of Victoria Quay in Fremantle will start within weeks following the release of the masterplan recently.

A business loan with twenty-five years to repay is being offered for the first time in Australia.

Email may not be the best way to correspond with other businesses – that, is if you want a quick response.

PERTH-based Talbora, trading as Phone Shop, is offering refunds to customers who bought novelty telephones that do not comply with Australian Communications Authority Standards.

THE South West will receive a major boost under the budget, according to Minister Assisting the Treasurer Graham Kierath.

A $9 million tree planting program in WA is underway to combat salinity and other environmental issues such as the greenhouse effect.

THE INCREASING number of banking services available in the retail environment are helping busy business people save time.

INVESTOR appetite for technology stocks and a buoyant economy were the primary driver behind a 138 per cent increase in initial public offerings in 1999 according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

AMP remains the number one funds manager in term of market share according to the March quarter ASSIRT Market Share Report.

EAST Perth will continue to enjoy strong price growth as long as more commercial and shopping facilities are incorporated into the area, says Hegney Property Valuations managing director Gavin Hegney.

BOTH the Federal and State Government’s seem to be taking the cautious approach to economic forecasting so that any surprises emulating from the tax changes will be positive not negative.

WA’S business leaders have been urged to support the Society of St Vincent De Paul’s inaugural business appeal.

MSA Security has been lauded in the 2000 Australian Achiever Awards for the security industry.

QUALITY industrial property will be the sector with the most to gain if electronic commerce does eventually make inroads into retailing in Australia according to the May Property Market Review by Macquarie Bank.

THE Australian Democrats have welcomed some of the initiatives outlined in the Federal Budget aimed towards farming families.

AN ONLINE psychological test could prove a boon to the recruitment industry.

THE $5 million Coalfields project undertaken by Henry Walker Eltin Contracting was officially opened by Transport Minster Murray Criddle recently.

A SERIES of food safety seminars to be held throughout WA from May to August will focus on preparing the WA seafood industry for the introduction of Food Safety Standards.

THE $57 million Moorings development in North Fremantle has raised the bar for security levels in the Perth property market according to project director Andrew Lang.

STRONG public interest in tidal power for Derby has forced the WA Government to set up a committee to compare the recommended gas proposal with the Derby tidal power bid.

WA EMPLOYERS are exuberant, with 42.4 per cent reporting intentions to put on staff, the latest Morgan & Banks Job Index has found.

TO MEET demand stemming from the building industry, Wespine Industries is under-taking a $10 million expansion of its Dardanup Mill.

AUSTRALIA has a terrific future but we need to reawaken our natural optimism, according to International Trade Strategies managing director Alan Oxley.

ST GEORGE Bank is to acquire the Scottish Pacific Business Finance Group for $42 million.

TOURISM Minister Norman Moore is seeking tourism infrastructure projects for the next round of WA Government funding assistance.

EMPLOYMENT opportunities in the complementary therapies industry are expected to increase in the next five years, according to a report by the Department of Training and Employment.

GOVERNMENT agencies and departments take up more than 430,000 square metres of floor space in the central business district – equivalent to around eleven BankWest towers.

THE Department of Local Government has prepared an analysis of the problems facing local governments when calling tenders for goods and services.

MORE than three quarters of small business and family business owners feel unwell and in bad health due to work-related stress, according to a recent study by Edith Cowan University’s Faculty of Business and Public Management.

THE interest shown by developers in the Exmouth Marina Village has demonstrated an ever-growing commitment to investing in regional WA, according to CB Richard Ellis’ David Kennedy.