Natalie Gerritsen

The Whistling Kite, M on the Point and the Sheraton have won the major prizes at this years Australian Hotels Association Aon Hotel Awards for Excellence.

HAYLEY Warren is looking forward to getting her digital physiotherapy tool to market after winning the ‘start-up category’ of the WA Innovator of the Year Awards.

A French patisserie in the heart of Perth is introducing traditional Gallic delights to the city. Natalie Gerritsen reports.

Community organisation Green Skills has won the overall award at the WA Environment Awards.

Western Australian businesses Silver Trowel Training and Carey Mining have won two of the three major prizes at the national Ethnic Business Awards.

Premier Colin Barnett has announced next year's Queen's birthday public holiday will be moved to coincide with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, when central Perth will be closed to traffic.

THE state’s retail industry is waiting to gauge the success of new retail trading hours that started this week.

INNOVATION in occupational health and safety was celebrated at the WA Work Safety Awards last week, with four recipients now moving forward to the national competition.

BRIDGET van Herk’s dream of emulating worldwide brands like Estee Lauder and the Body Shop may be some way from becoming reality, but the chemist and founder of skincare retailer and manufacturer Bridget Black has no doubts about her business’s potential.

FORTESCUE Metals Group and Burswood Entertainment Complex were among the private sector winners at the 2010 WA Water Awards, announced last month.