Julie-anne Sprague

While she loves a beer, Julie-anne Sprague often wasn’t sure what she was drinking ... until BeerMaster.

CURTIN University has changed its recruitment advertising to brand the university and to attract world-class applicants.

IMAGINE a workplace where employees have no desks or computers, where the employees elect a board of directors from their peers, where there are no managers and no reception desk.

THE latest round of alfresco fee rises from the City of Perth may force several Northbridge restaurant owners to abandon street dining.And restaurateurs in Fremantle are incensed by their city’s proposal to double alfresco fees.

A restaurant industry stalwart wants to bring some European practices to the local scene, just as he did more than 50 years ago, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

A RECENT Federal Court ruling on redundancy is already having implications for large businesses and their subsidiaries.

OLEA Australis will launch its new extra virgin olive oil next month in a move aimed at targeting domestic and international premium olive oil markets.

DOMENIC and Basilia Iasenza have taken over the operation of Gucce in Applecross and will open to the public tonight.

EMPLOYERS need to be wary of misreading market signals when it comes to taking on new staff in the current climate, according to Hays Personnel Services managing director Nigel Heap.

Alfresco dining’s in Northbridge is set to get more expensive, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

OVERENTHUSIASM or an over-inflated expectation of a product’s international export potential can lead to costly and heartbreaking mistakes.

BURSWOOD’S five-star hotel will become known as Hotel Inter-Continental Burswood under a deal nearing closure between Burswood and Six Continents Hotels and Resorts.

Things have been a bit stop-start for some in the restaurant business of late. Some have even shelved plans to open new businesses.

YORK resident and business owner Meagan Gardiner has taken her home-grown business, Cards With A View, across the globe.

WA Business News 40under40 winner Jacqui Jordan is selling her events business.Ms Jordan set up Jacqui Jordan Events four years ago and was poised to make significant inroads into the events market, capitalising on her years of hard work.

IT probably comes as no surprise that Western Australians earn less than their eastern states counterparts.

The Jack Mann Memorial Medal recognises outstanding achievement among the State’s winemakers, and this year’s winner is a worthy recipient of the Wine Press Club of WA’s top gong, as David Pike reports.

IF you work for a small or medium business enterprise and are seeking networking options, you are exactly who Local Chambers is targeting.

MANY small retailers have started thinning staff numbers and are considering their business viability before the Labour Relations Reform legislation becomes law in June.

PEARLS, platinum and diamonds score highly in the contemporary fashion stakes, but what about gold?

Organic popcorn is just one of the tasty treats at Perth’s newest organic outlet, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

THE samurai code has much to offer the recruitment industry, as some adventurous participants at last week’s 2002 Recruitment and Consulting Services Association conference, ‘Thriving in a Competitive World’, discovered.

A GROUP of family-owned Western Australian wineries is participating in an innovative venture to secure a share in the Asian wine market.

BREAKING workplace stereotypes is one of the goals of the Swinburne University of Technology’s Women in Non-Traditional Areas of Work and Study Awards.Perth’s Miriam Lyons, a chemical engineer, was one of nine award winners last year.

THE future of arts sponsorship lies in the industry’s ability to add-value and create sustainability, according to Craftwest Centre for Contemporary Art director Lynda Dorrington.

What makes a restaurant successful? Julie-anne Sprague tries to find the recipe behind making a food business work.

BEING in touch with your emotions may score you a date or two, but being emotionally intelligent could help you secure you a senior management position.

HOWARD Park Wines has teamed up with WA designer Claire Metcalf to produce the second phase of its American promotions campaign.The winery launched a longboard surfboard early last year to promote its Madfish label overseas.

NEW Norcia Bakeries’ nut cake, the latest export offering from the wood-fired ovens of the Benedictine Monastery in New Norcia, has won praise from international consumers including US House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich.

This week Julie-anne Sprague wishes a happy 105th to one of the city’s landmark watering holes, The Melbourne Hotel.

COMPANIES spend a phenomenal amount of time selecting and recruiting employees but neglect to analyse the effects of downsizing, according to recent research.

CONCERNS have been raised about the severity of fines incorporated into the proposed Criminal Investigation (Exceptional Powers) and Fortification Removal Bill 2001 – commonly referred to as the ‘bikie bill’.