Gary Kleyn

WA retail traders have experienced the seventh consecutive month of decline according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

WA BUILDING approvals turned the corner after a slight decline in August, increasing 2.5 per cent in September according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Gas consumption is set to more than double in the period up to 2015 according to research undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and more recently by the Australian Gas Association.

CALLS for help from the South West following the WA’s government’s backflip over the Regional Forest Agreement have been heeded, with the government offering to provide funding assistance.

CIVIL action to recover debts will cost WA businesses a lot more if recommendations recently tabled in parliament are adopted.

A MAJOR industrial landholding of more than twenty hectares with frontage to Solomon Road and Dollier Street, Banjup is for sale by tender through joint agents Knight Frank and Hender & Farris.

A NEW Dawesville deviation will bring benefits to the South West says Transport Minister Murray Criddle.

WA BEEF producers are being urged to take up quality assurance programs to ensure their products remain attractive.

IF YOU do not target your industry toward the ‘baby boomer’ you are wasting your time.

THE National Australia Bank has recorded a record bank profit of $2,821 million for the year to 30 September.

EXPECT things to get better.That was the view from Mr Barnett with regard to prospects for the resource sector in WA, and the South West in particular.

WA winery Salitage has clinched the largest export sale of the Pemberton region.

PLANNING Minister Graham Kierath has opened the door for local councils to approach the State Government and establish redevelopment authorities such as those adopted in East Perth, Subiaco and Midland.

THE WA Pork Producers’ Association is developing a new business plan to deal with a significant shift in the nature of pork production.

THE Regional Forest Agreement overshadowed an otherwise positive gathering at the biannual South West Focus 2000 conference.

South Africa offers great opportunities for Australian exporters and investors, says South African High Commissioner and former deputy speaker of the South African parliament Bhadra Ranchod.

SENIOR managers should take personal responsibility for ensuring equal opportunity in the workplace, according to the Affirmative Action Agency’s annual report tabled recently in Federal parliament.

Businesses need to ease the process driven by technological change says National Competition Council president Graeme Samuel.

THE $205 million redevelopment of Westfield Carousel is aiming to capture the ballooning entertainment market.

FIVE young Western Australians have identified opportunities to diversify and enhance traditional agricultural industries after a study tour of Canada.

THE Heritage of Western Australia 1990 Act, considered unwieldy and inadequate by many in the building and heritage industry, is currently being reviewed.

PERTH has a terrific potential in the globalised world if only the opportunities can be seized.

THE percentage of WA properties sold at auction is the lowest in the country, research by the Commer-cial Property Monitor shows.

THE failure of municipalities to complete their inventories of heritage places is adding to the headache facing developers.

LOCAL university of WA honours student Phillip De Vos has beaten engineering brains in the east to win the position of Australian Automotive Industry overseas ambassador.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has met the challenges of 1999 and stood out as the peak lobby for WA industry said CCIWA president Graham Greig in his address to the Chamber’s eighth annual general meeting.

THE Property Industry and government have been working together to ease some of the suspicions the public has toward the real estate, property and land valuation industries.

Former WA Premier Sir Charles Court has been recognised for his contribution to the development of the gas industry in WA.

FREMANTLE’S former Cold Stores site between Queen Victoria and Beach Streets is to be developed into a 101-unit complex for Fremantle’s battlers.

Police and Nurses Credit Society’s Money-box is popping up across the metropolitan area.

SOME 400 building approvals were issued in the South West during August, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

ELECTRONIC commerce for small business is high on the agenda.Deputy Premier Hendy Cowan told guests at the recent E-Commerce Strategies for Business in the Wired World that getting WA online was an important issue for the government