Noel Dyson

SMALL businesses are likely to get a much simpler Business Activity Statement form with the Federal Government hitting the panic button after Labor’s landslide win in WA.

ONGOING anti-bank sentiment augurs well for non-bank lenders, and one WA company looking to seize the moment is Homeloans Limited.

ALBANY-based museum Whaleworld’s operators are waiting to see whether a $1 million commitment from the former WA Government will be honoured by Labor.

WHILE friendly societies have been given a break on some of their disclosure requirements, they are still crying foul over being put under the same Act as insurance giants such as AMP.

THE Small Business Development Corporation’s future could be in doubt under the new WA Labor Government.

BOTH Australia’s peak accounting bodies are suggesting their members view offers from accounting consolidators carefully.

AFTER three seasons of crops blighted by frosts, drought and flood, small businesses in WA’s wheatbelt are facing a rural recession.

OPINIONS are split over what ramifications a Victorian Native Title decision will have for WA.

POLITICIANS, forecasters and spin doctors are avoiding the “R” word but many small retailers are seriously considering a change of career.

IT could be case of something old, something new with the marriage of two WA recruitment agencies – the 27-year-old Beilby and BRS Recruitment, a division of fledging BigRedSky.

CONSOLIDATIONS have already begun in the fledgling corporate coaching market.The Catalyst Group’s Digby Scott said the coaching market was in its infancy.

CONTRACTORS and consultants who provide professional services through companies, partnerships or trusts are in for a nasty tax surprise.Those working through labour hire firms face particular issues.

WANT to get ahead? Got goals you need to reach? Why not get a coach?Why not indeed. Everybody accepts the importance of coaches in the sporting arena.

MECHANISMS allowing the WA Government to set the maximum wholesale petrol price at terminals should be in effect by the end of the month.

A NEW way of resolving disputes is being created to handle family business tussles.

RELIGION drew Liberal State director Peter Wells to WA and it is politics that has kept him here.

DÔME Coffees Australia has completed its purchase of Perth café chain Cino To Go and is planning to expand the brand to the East Coast.

FINDING and keeping stars is emerging as one of the hardest tasks facing management.“Our biggest asset is our staff” is one of the most common platitudes to roll from managers lips and sometimes seems to be one of the greatest fallacies.

PERTH radio station 6PR is set to relaunch with a new look corporate image to attract a new, younger demographic to the station.

A SPECIALIST GST firm has developed a way to simplify the Business Activity Statement.The KISS system, for Keep It Simple Stupid, means the firm’s clients will not have to buy new computers and accounting software to use it.

AFTER nearly 20 years of having their traditional hunting grounds reduced, WA prospectors have won a land rights battle – opening up an estimated 26 million hectares to exploration.

WITH just $800 in their pockets and the ink still wet on their university degrees, Daniel Barnett and Tom Hodgkinson decided to start their own business.

DARRELL Jarvis has reached the halfway point in his drive to create a $200 million wine company, following two more Margaret River purchases.

THE Perth City rates should be spent supporting City ratepayers, not putting on a circus for 300,000 taxpayers of WA, according to Councillor Bert Tudori.

SMALL business is feeling particularly unappreciated following the launch of the Coalition’s Small Business Policy.

WITH the changing face of employment, small business is emerging as a viable option for young people.Home-based businesses are becoming more accepted. Contract work and casual employment are becoming more viable career alternatives.

BY FEBRUARY 11 John Halden should know whether his campaign to make Geoff Gallop WA’s next Premier has been successful.Mr Halden has been Labor State Secretary for little more than a year.

CALIFORNIA'S electricity crisis is providing valuable lessons for WA decision makers as they consider the possible privat-isation of the State's electricity industry.Electricity has remained one of the unsung issues of the WA election.

SMALL business is feeling ignored by both of the major political parties contesting the February 10 election.The sector believes the Liberal Party will offer it a status quo for small business.

BOTH the Labor party and the Coalition have plans to streamline the State public sector and reduce red tape, but the methods used will be totally different.

MYSTERY offshore companies have emerged as the biggest shareholders in a property developer behind a controversial marina project on the sensitive Ningaloo Reef.

ANOTHER panic is expected as the February 4 deadline for the second quarterly BAS statement draws nearer, but much of the pain can be avoided.