Julie-anne Sprague

CORIN Lamont was awarded the Lew Whiteman Award at the recent 2002 Spring in the Valley launch. Corin was a foundation member of the Swan Valley Tourism Council and helped launch the first Spring in the Valley festival 15 years ago.

Kym Illman founded Messages on Hold in his Scarborough flat in 1988 and, together with wife Tonya, built it up to be one of the world’s largest on-hold audio producers.

AS the events of recent weeks demonstrate, news in the world of AFL football often becomes most interesting after the home-and-away season has ended, when contracts are up for renewal and end-of-season trips taken.

MESSAGES On Hold’s ambush marketing campaigns have secured it a high profile, and certain notoriety, in local and national business circles.

Xanadu is eager to turn its dreams into reality, and so announced a bold three-year vision to investors, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

CHOOSING an ergonomic chair is a bit like shopping for a new dress or suit – it’s best to try before you buy.

THE contribution to the State’s wine industry by WA Business News wine writer David Pike was formerly recognised at last week’s Wine Press Club Royal Show award luncheon.

A SMALL engineering firm’s revolutionary iron-ore transport wagon has beaten some big engineering names to take out this year’s Institution of Engineers (WA Division) Award.

WEST Perth-based Julio’s Restaurant has been awarded WA’s best restaurant in the American Express Restaurant Awards. Voted by American Express cardholders, these awards highlight some of Perth’s most popular eating spots.

ON-THE-JOB experience is vital for those looking to work in the finance industry, according to the leading Perth recruiters.

HEALTH insurance may increasingly be used as a carrot in the salary packages for an ageing workforce.

HAVE you ever wondered how much of the cost of a bottle of wine ends up in the producer’s pocket?

THE West is finally catching on to what the East has known for years – yoga has enormous benefits for mental and physical fitness.

PART-TIME participation in the Defence Reserves is playing a crucial role in many Perth professionals’ achievement of their career aspirations.

THE demographic shift in the make-up of the nation’s workforce is placing a greater importance on the way employers approach their employees’ health.

THE latest trend in kitchen design, the open-kitchen, is bridging the gap between consumers and chefs by effectively making the traditional back-of-house area an integral part of the front-of-house design.

THE combination of new legislation and a broad advertising campaign has put the Australian Defence Forces onto the front foot in many Australian workplaces.

THE increase in use of laptop computers may have lifted productivity in many workplaces, but their versatility is having an unexpected cost.

THE number of people applying to open restaurants has continued to rise despite concerns that Perth has an oversupply of eateries.

ALAN Spagnolo has been appointed as the head chef of Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group’s Belgium Beer Cafe.

IF more than one of your employees suffers from eye complaints, perhaps a fish tank could help.

SOME employers are increasing productivity and employee loyalty by bringing massage therapists in to the workplace on a weekly basis.

A SIGNIFICANT increase in intrastate tourism is the bright spot in an industry yet to rebound completely from the levels before September last year.

THE name’s not the only thing that’s changed at The Wembley on Cambridge, previously the Wembley Hotel.

A CASE to be decided by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission next month will determine whether Australia Post was lawful in its decision to force a mail sorter onto sick leave until he lost weight.

Healthy is good and good food is healthy, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

THERE’S no argument that physical fitness has many long-term benefits for individuals, but latest evidence points to positive effects in the workplace as well.

THE Federal Government’s push for small business exemption from unfair dismissal laws has been backed by a recent report into Australia’s unemployment levels.

A FRESH concept to the WA hospitality scene will soon open in Subiaco. Panache Gourmet Food and Wine is an idea that has been three years in the making for owner, Jo-Anne Grist.

FACE-TO-FACE meetings may still be considered the best way to recruit new staff, but companies increasingly are using technology to assist with the appointment of candidates.

AFTER 23 years in Wangara the Gum Nut Factory is on the move, chasing the tourist dollar in a bid to boost business.

A Narrogin-based shiitake producer has found a ready market in Perth, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.A NARROGIN-BASED business has had immediate success with its first foray into Perth’s mushroom market.