THE latest tranche of corporate collapses has thrown executive remuneration – and more particularly the way these remuneration packages were accounted for – into a very harsh light.
PERTH'S independent suburban newspaper owners say they are winning the hearts and minds of their readers, despite advertising revenues being down 15 per cent in most cases.
THE Community Newspaper Group's tactic of offering extremely low advertising rates to customers of independent suburban newspapers could become the subject of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation.
A SIGNIFICANT portion of the WA Government's new industrial relations laws come into effect today (Thursday August 1), including the controversial union right of entry provisions.
THE spectacular failure of Rio Tinto's attempts earlier this year to get its workforce to sign on to a non-union collective Federal agreement has thrown up one interesting lesson –
THE return of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry to Perth has highlighted a problem facing the industry in WA – the policing of industrial problems.
PUBLISHING juggernaut the Community Newspaper Group is embarking on a number of revamps after the successful launch of its Western Suburbs Weekly last year.
EIGHT presentation staff in the WA studios of WIN Television have fallen victim to the depressed advertising market and the technological advances of digital television.
COMPETITION in the suburban newspaper market is set to increase with Community News-papers planning changes to at least two of its titles – the Guardian Express and the Fremantle Gazette.
WA businesses are making their move towards the Australian Workplace Agreements contracts offered by the Federal system with the imminent end of the State's workplace agreements.
AUSTRALIANS are leaving the suburbs and heading to town or the beach, according to KPMG partner Bernard Salt. Indeed, it is the basis of his book The Big Shift – Welcome to the third Australian Culture.
SECTORS of the building industry are concerned that a proposed restructure of the Building and Construction Industry Fund will give unions such as the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union too much power.
STOCKBROKING firm Hartleys has signed a facilities management contract with Imagesource for its internal copying and printing needs throughout Australia.
MANY second-tier accounting firms will be ramping up their direct marketing to try and claim a bigger share of the audit and, potentially, consulting markets.
THE Perth office of public relations company Porter Novelli has merged with financial intelligence company Castle Gates Australia.However, despite the merger, both companies will continue to operate individual businesses.
THE careers of many accountants, architects, engineers, financial planners and similar professionals are in jeopardy due to a lack of professional indemnity insurance cover.
FAILURE to hold an enterprise bargaining agreement with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union can preclude a company from working on a construction site in the Perth CBD, it has been alleged at the building industry royal commission.
THE WA Government's much heralded blitz on bus vandals could run for just four to six weeks.The blitz, using controversial private security firm Secureforce International, could cost $600,000 a year to run if it is continued.
LISTED winemaker Evans & Tate has made Australian Wine Holding's job of selling its Bridgeland Vineyard property easier by reaching an in-principle agreement to lease the property.
In this week's focus on customer service, Noel Dyson looks at how businesses find out if they're doing it right.ONE of the most important challenges facing business owners is finding out what their customers think of the level of service offered.
