Gary Kleyn

THE WA land development industry is alive and well thanks to a competitive market driven by innovative land owners says Urban Development Institute of Australia WA president Graham McArthur.

THE WA Government's commitment to the creation of greater business opportunities in regional WA will be a major focus for the new head of the State Supply Commission.

LANDCORP, the government's land development agency, made a after tax profit of $13.1 million for the first six months of the current financial year – almost double its target of $6.6 million.

ALMOST 23 per cent of female and 16.4 per cent of male employees believe the Internet has affected their productivity adversely, according to a recent survey by recruitment firm Alectus Personnel.

INNER city living looks set to continue because of the changing lifestyle of many families says Colliers Jardine residential associate director John Lagdon.

PRIVATE dwelling approvals in WA fell 15 per cent in February after a 7.3 per cent seasonally adjusted rise in the previous month, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

SHARE price corrections spell good news for the WA real estate market as investors return to bricks and mortar security according to Geoff Baldwin Team managing director Geoff Baldwin.

FIBERTEL/Amcom has extended its high-speed fibre optic network to Technology Park in Bentley.

TOURISM brings revenue of $343 million a year to the South West.

FORESTRY business Powton Land Holdings is hoping to raise $10 million to expand its operations by way of a debenture program.

PERTH-based aussiehome.com has formed a strategic alliance with another Perth company, National Geographic Information Systems.

ONE developer synonymous with the surge in inner city living from the beginning is the Fini Group.

MARGARET River has the potential to be one of the world's best known regional brands says 8M Media and Communications managing director Thomas Murrell.

AN OFFICE-warehouse with a building area of 2,534 square metres on a 3,645sqm site at 26 Hector Street, Osborne Park is available with vacant possession.

A MARCH quarter review of the City of Bunbury budget has identified a $46,000 surplus following a $61,056 deficit at the December review.

THE Australian Securi-ties and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from WA licenced securities dealer CIBC World Markets Australia Limited.

MASTER Builders Association director Michael McLean is in Canada for a four week fact-finding mission to investigate the impact of the GST on the building industry.

WHEN it comes to growing fruit there are two things you can count on says Old Goldfields Orchard and Cider factory part owner Steve Trigwell.

MINERAL exploration in WA has continued its slow recovery, climbing by $3 million during the December quarter to $107 million seasonally adjusted according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

BUNBURY has come a long way in the past fifty years, says Deputy Mayor Tom Dillon.He said the same could be said for the council.

QUALITY guarantee system Meat Standards Australia has been introduced into WA by Meat & Livestock Australia and Agriculture WA.

A DELIBERATE policy decision in formulating the Australian Business Number legislation may require thousands of property owners to register for an ABN before 31 May to avoid being taxed at 48.5 per cent, deducted from rental payments, says the Taxation In

LABOR Party claims that the WA Government sold a parcel of land at Bunbury for half its value are false and misleading, says Regional Development Minister Hendy Cowan.

WA-BASED Snap Printing has bought the Current Knowledge Print Group which also trades as Pink Panther.

AN INTERNATIONAL Real Estate Federation representing some 150 industry associations has awarded the St James Estate in Northbridge with the FIABCI Millen-nium Prix d'Excellence for World Excellence in Residential Development.

A MORE holistic approach to doing business is the way of the future says the Committee for Economic Development of Australia research committee vice-president Russell Devitt.

EAST Redcliffe land and house prices have increased substantially with the transformation of the public housing area and the change in name to Flemington Chase.

BUSSELTON and Margaret River residents now have access to a daily weekday air service from Perth.

AN ANOMALY which meant workers could have missed out on their chance to take a workers' compensation matter to court has been remedied.

BGC Construction, Caversham Prop-erty Pty Ltd and the RAAF Association (WA) recently celebrated the end of a successful working alliance with the opening of the Cambrai Village veterans' retirement complex at Merriwa.

THE set up of a home office can make a big difference to the success of someone trying to run their business from home.

IT IS unlikely Transport WA plans to reverse traffic flows in the CBD's West End will go ahead.