Five years ago, Hans Lang and Marianne Kempf decided to quit the safety of their established careers as fine dining chefs at the Burswood Entertainment Complex to go it alone.
West Perth’s ‘golden mile’ is shining brightly. During the past 12 months, the value of all listed companies based in West Perth has surged more than 64 per cent to $31.2 billion, up from $19 billion last year.
The Australian sharemarket’s bull-run is now firmly into its fourth year and is providing the perfect conditions for those who can benefit from rumour and speculation.
Allan Jefferies, the former state manager of the company behind well-known Perth pubs The Queens, The Brass Monkey and the Sail and Anchor, has been recruited by Empire Beer Group to manage the operations of its Colonial Brewing Company pubs.
Abacus Calculators Pty Ltd, a long-time tenant of West Perth, will shift to Victoria Park in July after selling its Abacus Computers retail business last month.
Behind the elegant façade of a 100-year-old building on Queen Street in the heart of Perth lies an exciting and exhaustive renovation that, when complete, will be home to a fine dining restaurant with all the trappings.
Jack Bendat-linked Ferngrove Vineyards Ltd is eyeing a significant Margaret River acquisition on the back of success from its Great Southern operation.
Argonaut Ltd is undergoing an aggressive expansion that will see staff numbers swell by about 50 per cent in the next 12 months as its founders look to cement the company’s position in Perth’s investment community.
Carl and Jackie Lancaster have sold their café, situated in the foyer of the Allendale Square building, to one of its long-serving employees, Mario Lucia.
Gooding Pervan partner Dalton Gooding and Azure Capital managing director Mark Barnaba are part of a team that last year enjoyed the highest revenue and profit derived from football earnings than any other club in the Australian Football League.
In little over a week, Niagara Mining Ltd shareholders will sit down to vote on whether to agree to a generous options package for their new recruit, Andrew Forrest.
Peter Fogarty's Pendulum Capital Pty Ltd has struck a deal with Evans & Tate Ltd's major lender, ANZ Banking Group, to restructure the winemaker's balance sheet and underwrite a $16.7 million non-renounceable rights issue.
Yarraman Winery Inc is considering a fresh takeover proposal for Evans & Tate, three months after the little-known US-based company's opportunistic $148 million bid was rejected by the Margaret River winery.
Retail investors were largely locked out of the highly anticipated $1.2 billion float of Multiplex Group in late 2003, and perhaps it was a blessing in disguise.
As foreshadowed in Gusto on May 3, Jeremy Cariss has opened Bistro Felix in Subiaco after a massive renovation to transform the former Atlantic Restaurant into a contemporary establishment.
A lack of support for the wine sector by financial institutions and investors has led Australian Wine Holdings Ltd’s to turn its back on the industry and search for alternative investments.
Australian Wine Holdings Ltd has conditionally agreed to sell its wine distribution business, Wine Shack Pty Ltd, to a company associated with its managing director Mike Calneggia.
Speculation emerged today that ANZ Banking Group Ltd has revised the terms of winemaker Evans & Tate Ltd's balance sheet restructure because it failed to secure a third party co-investor to back its plan.
When former Wesfarmers executive, John Pirie, took on the job as chief executive of National Lifestyle Villages Pty Ltd more than two years ago he implemented remarkably similar management strategies to those David Robb is currently utilising at Iluka Res
Subiaco’s iconic Oriel Brasserie has been forced to push back its planned opening because of what is believed to be delays in getting tradesman and equipment.
The appointment of David Robb as Iluka chief executive last August may have been applauded by the investment community, but the positive reception for the man has not translated into support for the stock.
It’s quite fitting that the restaurant John Moore and Jason McDonald own is called Blue Waters. After all, the pair spent nearly a decade working on luxury sports yachts owned by wealthy US businessmen, visiting some of the world’s most glamorous location
There were just a handful of wineries in the Mount Barker region when former IT professionals, Ian and Linda Tyrer, established Galafrey Wines 30 years ago.
Recent changes to Western Australia’s complicated retail trading laws have boosted the number of staff small retailers are allowed to have working on their shop floor by 30 per cent.
After nearly two decades trading as Chianti on Colin’s, the popular West-Perth eatery is set for a name change and major overhaul as its owner, Leon Jung, looks to reinvigorate the restaurant.
