Noel Dyson

A COMMUNITY bank, traditionally a rural institution, is close to opening its doors just three kilometres from the Perth CBD.

RALLY Australia, to be held at Langley Park and locations around Perth from November 9-12, is expected to generate a $20 million economic impact for WA this year.Rally Australia executive director Don McGrath said many WA small businesses benefited from

PERTH City Council has been awarded the Program Excellence Award for Innov-ations in Local Government by the US-based International City-County Management Association.The ICMA award recognises contributions to professional local government management.

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange:Christopher Maitland Chapman has been appointed as Company Secretary and General Legal Counsel of Maxis Corporation Limited.

PAY television will provide the financial future of sport, says Perth Wildcats co-owner Andrew Vlahov.

THE eastern states, with its large markets, is beckoning WA consumer goods and services producers.

AUSTAL Ships chairman John Rothwell is surprisingly self effacing when asked to comment on his role in steering the Henderson-shipbuilding company to global prominence“What we’ve done is not so bloody marvellous that no-one else can do it,” Mr Rothwell

AUSTRALIAN compliance with the Kyoto Protocol in its present form will beggar WA’s economy, according to a report by the Allen Consulting Group.

* THE WA Turf Club will soon launch an interactive mini CD-ROM-based marketing strategy.

THE Perth City Council’s Terrace Road Design Policy, indeed its entire planning framework, could be in tatters following a successful appeal.

WA business, especially building contractors and manufacturers, risk a New Year cash flow disaster if they do not plan for the impact of the new tax system, CPA Australia warns.

Albany top townALBANY has been recognised as WA’s top tourism town at the Country Tourism Association’s 2000 annual conference and dinner presentation.

INDEPENDENT garden centres need to be more upmarket and offer quality advice and service if they are to survive, says Fraser Garden Centre owner Barry Waldeck.Mr Waldeck said increasing competition from big hardware chains such as Bunnings had taken a l

SEVEN years of work have culminated with WA’s gas utility AlintaGas listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.Its listing ceremony drew what some observers described as the biggest turn out for a Perth float for a long time.Within two minutes of the ut

IF IT seems too good to be true, it probably is. That is the message to people who believe share trading software will make them a quick fortune.Most of these products rely on technical analysis or charting tech-niques that give the user insight into wh

PHYSICAL risk in potential hot spots such as Papua New Guinea, parts of South East Asia, the Solomon Islands and Africa can be managed, says OAM director Bob Hunter.OAM deals with physical risks to personnel or facilities, largely for resource operation

CPA Australia has launched a new specialist designation to formally recognise members with expertise in information technology.

ASIA is beckoning a WA-based fast food entrepreneur.For the past four years, Anno Domini Marketing owners David Coles and his wife Christine have been laying the groundwork for their fast food business’s push into Asia.The couple created a fast food s

MANY WA companies make the mistake of thinking of the US as one market, according to a report on US trade and investment opportunities by the Department of Commerce and Trade.

A BOLD plan to alleviate car parking problems in the Perth CBD has been approved by the Perth City Council.At its October 10 meeting councillors voted to approve a $2.5 million proposal from Hodge & Collard architects to convert 161 St Georges Terrace t

Westralia profit riseSTRONG growth in aeronautical and trading revenue has resulted in a $3.8 million revenue increase for Westralia Airports Corporation in 1999-2000. According to the company’s annual report, revenue rose six per cent on last year, to

NOW in its 16th year, the SGIO Winemakers’ Exhibition will take place from October 23 to 27, with the SGIO Winemakers’ Awards announced on October 26.Previously, the awards rewarded outstanding wine in 12 varietal categories.

PLANNING for the worst and hoping for the best is the crux of crisis communications, according to Lynch Strategy and Communications principal Kym Lynch.

* THE Tourism Commission’s Brand WA marketing campaigns employed in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and the UK during the Olympics have produced results. WATC CEO Shane Crockett said anecdotal evidence suggested the domestic campaign was generating significant

WA business, especially building contractors and manufacturers, risk a New Year cash flow disaster if they do not plan for the impact of the new tax system, CPA Australia warns.

AS REMEMBERANCE Day approaches, small business operators need to consider a number of things as they prepare their Business Activity Statements.

AUSTAL Ships stole the show at the WA Industry and Export Awards, winning the Premier’s Award for Excellence, the Large Manufacturers Export Award and the WA Design Award.An Austal Ships spokesperson said the company won the WA Design Award for its “gr

A NEW telephone plan has been released aimed at the small business market. For $29.87 a month, customers receive:*l 19.8¢ untimed local calls and 16.5¢ neighbourhood calls;* $2.20 capped fixed to mobile calls 7pm to midnight, seven days a week;

A NO entry fee slogan on a master trust can be deceiving, says Financial Planning Association WA chairman David Powell.Mr Powell said master trusts, offered by nearly all major financial service providers, were about getting “beans into buckets”.

NORTHBRIDGE could become WA’s Times Square, under plans being considered by the Perth City Council.Councillors want to make the precinct brighter and are considering a sign policy for Northbridge.

DEVELOPING and using technology are the keys to business survival, says Department of Commerce & Trade CEO Richard Muirhead.

TRYING to improve the image of accountants among young people will be one of the roles of the new WA director for CPA Australia, Justin Walawski.