Gary Kleyn

THE Terrace Hotel is to be ‘downsized’ after approval of a $2.3 million redevelopment plan was granted by council.

Economic conditions in WA are improving after a year of sub-par performance, according to Challenge Bank’s Market Insights.

NORTHBRIDGE is receiving interest from developers and real estate agents who see benefits flowing from the tunnel project and associated redevelopment.

A five year vision for the tourism industry has been launched by Premier Richard Court.

A KUKERIN woman has won the inaugural Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation WA 2000 Rural Women’s Award.

THE South West continues to lead the way for tourism project development in regional WA, according to the latest figures released by the WA Tourism Commission.

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.

ONLY two of WA’s plethora of rural tax investment schemes have good prospects according to a scathing report by Van Eyk Capital.

AUSTRALIA’S first Internet portal dedicated to the processing of business to government transactions will lead to the creation of a new e-commerce sector.

ONE company taking advantage of the current political climate in relation to removing old growth forests is Australian Plantation Timber.

PARAMOUNT Night Club and Varga Lounge in James Street have obtained Council approval to prohibit parking outside the nightclubs after 5:30pm for a three month trial basis.

PERTH based Dome Coffee Group has secured GS Private Equity as a new equity partner to help fund a major eastern seaboard expansion program.

Real estate industry-owned web site, www.propertypage.com, has almost doubled its listings in the past six months to 110,000 active listings.

WA’s role as a world class exporter of LNG to key Asia markets has been enhanced by the opening of the Australia LNG headquarters in Perth, according to Resource Development Minister Colin Barnett.

WRF Securities Ltd has achieved significant milestones in relation to its proposed blue gum project on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.

SOUTH West information technology advisory service provider, NetFX Internet, was recently awarded the WA Information Technology and Telecommunications Award for innovation and services to regional Australia.

FORMER City of Perth Deputy Lord Mayor Jim Leahy was nominated for council at an extraordinary election on 8 July held following the sudden death of councillor Noel Semmens.

WA CONTINUES to lead the way in entrepreneurial spirit and consequent small business growth says Business Opportunities and Franchise Expo organiser Leigh Kealton.

THE East Perth Redevelopment Authority is spending time looking at what influence the authority’s actions could have on the market as it enters a new phase of its existence.

THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft report on the pricing principles it will generally apply when assessing local carriage service arbitrations and undertakings.

THE SMALL Business Development Corpora-tion has warned small business operators to ensure they pay their tax by the due date of 1 July.

THE former Whittakers Greenbushes saw-mill is to reopen despite criticism from the Conservation Council.

A REPORT detailing the recent changes in the central city area has been released by the City of Perth in collaboration with the WA Planning Commission.

FIRST time homebuyers should not be put off by the increases in interest rates, according to Residential Mortage Services managing director John Bignell.

PREDICTIONS of a housing slowdown as the GST introduction looms closer are not reflected in enquiries received by WA’s largest home-building company, BGC Australia.

THE WA Motor industry has called on the Federal Government to pass a Private Member’s Bill which would allow service station operators to buy up to 50 per cent of their fuel from sources other than their oil company supplier.

THE MENTOR Partner Program has been launched by South Central Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce and Industry.