Noel Dyson

11 Sep 2001

Video negates distance

meetings industry.But videoconferencing is proving its worth with companies that operate from many different locations.Videoconferencing has taken the place of many of the face-to-face business meetings common in the corporate world.With the techno

11 Sep 2001

Big end of town to feel the sting

SPECULATION of new and higher taxes has the WA business community, particularly those at the big end of town, seeing red.

News 11 Sep 2001

A lingering golden glow

BEING part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games has paid off for a number of WA companies.At least eight WA companies were involved with the Games in some form.

11 Sep 2001

Multiplex deadline looms

MULTIPLEX has until November 28 to secure the necessary approvals for construction of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

11 Sep 2001

Collective approach can crack the market

COLLECTIVE marketing is proving a way for small businesses to break into overseas markets.

11 Sep 2001

Tough test for Ripper

WA Treasurer Eric Ripper is preparing for one of his toughest political tests when he hands down his Government's first budget this afternoon.

04 Sep 2001

Securing the future today

FAILURE to implement ideas could make the difference between business success and business failure.

04 Sep 2001

State of excitement on IR laws

A COLD war is simmering on WA construction sites as unions and builders wait for the WA Government's new industrial relations legislation.The new laws are expected to be in place by the end of the year.

04 Sep 2001

Business braces for tax hikes

WA business groups are bracing themselves for higher taxes when the Labor Govern-ment hands down its first budget on September 13.

04 Sep 2001

Taking the technology home

WANT a house where the doors, lights, air conditioning, security system, reticulation controller and whatever else you want can be controlled by a single panel?Such houses are already here.

04 Sep 2001

MatchPoint demonstrates some tender touch

A PERTH firm is making the winning of tenders and contracts by other companies its business.Marketer Piers Dudman created MatchPoint to help engineering and consulting companies get their bids across the line.

04 Sep 2001

Majors move in on local independent liquor outlets

JUST months after it bought Patrick Stephenson's 45-store Liberty Liquors chain, Wool-worths seems to be putting it to work as an acquisition vehicle.

28 Aug 2001

Support for electronic ERAs

WA shippers and shipping agents are trialling a way of processing critical export and logistics documents online.The system has been set up by Sydney-based company Tradegate Electronic Commerce Australia.

28 Aug 2001

One-off drought assistance for ‘borderline’ businesses

DROUGHT assistance has been extended to non-farm rural businesses.

28 Aug 2001

CLIMA looks to add value

AFTER eight years as a partially Federal Government-funded Cooperative Research Centre, the Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture has reopened as a private body.

28 Aug 2001

Volume a concern for freight service plan

BARGES soon could be an option for the transport of containerised freight from Bunbury to Fremantle.The Bunbury and Fremantle port authorities and the Sea Freight Council are studying the feasibility of a shuttle service between the two ports.

28 Aug 2001

City to put its plans into action

THE City of Perth should begin putting parts of its economic development plan into action later this year.

28 Aug 2001

Flexibility the key to greater consumer uptake of WAP

WHAT is WAP? It is, after all, a term that has become a buzzword in many business circles.

28 Aug 2001

Achieving great things in information technology

WRITING software for a local leisure centre while still a university student created a business opportunity for Ryan Bilsby.

28 Aug 2001

Board drops brokers’ bond

MORTGAGE originators have had their compulsory bond reduced by 90 per cent to just $5,000 by the Finance Brokers Supervisory Board.

28 Aug 2001

Recruiters in global push

RECRUITMENT firms are following the trend of the “big five” global firms in the legal and accounting industries.As their clients are going global, the larger recruiting firms are going global themselves to provide better service.

21 Aug 2001

Machinery suppliers under the microscope after NSW decision

A RECENT New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission decision has sent shockwaves through the WA machinery dealers industry.

21 Aug 2001

Privacy push a response to public demand

PRIVACY is looming as a major issue for business of the same magnitude as Y2K and the GST. And, just as with those two crises, the message is being broadcast that privacy will build better businesses.

21 Aug 2001

Look first taste later

ARE consumers being forced to choose form over taste when buying fruit? And are they prepared to pay extra for something that is guaranteed to taste good?

21 Aug 2001

Govt to move on brokers' Act

THE WA Government is moving to make changes to its controversial Finance Brokers Control Act of 1975, which has stalled the entry of two mortgage products providers into the WA market.

21 Aug 2001

Cost conundrum sparks a bright business concept

KNOWING how much it costs to get an electrician to change a light bulb has created a business opportunity for Carol King.

21 Aug 2001

A high price to pay for a piece of the action

COMPANIES that go public and want to give their employees a slice of the action at discount prices can find they have left their workers with an unpleasant tax surprise.

21 Aug 2001

The motherhood business

WHILE the Australian Catholic University's 12-month paid maternity leave offer has been branded as overly generous, some organisations are turning to such approaches to attract and retain staff.

21 Aug 2001

Competition concerns

THERE is growing disquiet among industry groups affected by the latest round of competition recommendations proposed by WA Government reviews of State laws.

14 Aug 2001

Good service has advantages

THE little things can often prove to be a winning, competitive advantage for a small business.Small businesses are constrained by their size in their ability to advertise and to compete on price against bigger competitors.

14 Aug 2001

A sign of the times

BELIEVE it or not, a spate of redundancies from a number of WA companies could be the harbinger of an economic recovery.

14 Aug 2001

Tax law stands alone for couriers

COURIERS have been classed as employees by a recent High Court decision but are not likely to fall foul of alienation of personal services income provisions.

Noel Dyson

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