Noel Dyson

A REQUEST to design a swimsuit for the cover of the Xpress magazine five years ago created an award-winning business for Claire Metcalf.

AUSTRALIA’S trucking industry is facing its toughest test with the soaring fuel prices.In the past 12 months the price of diesel fuel has risen between 30¢ and 40¢.

THE Australian Government recognises that business in Australia must have access to skills, ideas and technology from overseas to be successful in today’s increasingly global economy.

DISSATISFIED with the service from your council? Why not change councils?That is what a group of Canning Vale residents came close to doing.They wanted to take themselves out of the City of Gosnells’ jurisdiction and into the City of Canning’s.

WHILE migration is still important to WA’s economic base, its importance is decreasing, says Chamber of Commerce and Industry economist Nicky Cusworth.

UNCERTAINTY about the impact of the GST on retail trade is hurting buyer demand for cash-based businesses, says KE Business Advisory Services’ Anthony Etzine.

AUSTRALIA’S biggest bank has been singled out by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commision to face Federal Court on price fixing charges.

AN INFORMAL Perth City Council plan to acquire and demolish Graham Flats in West Perth and turn the site into a public square has been stopped.

TAKING a national accounting practise that is represented in more offices around Australia than any other, to the next stage is the challenge facing Kim Hutchinson.Mr Hutchinson is the chairman of RSM Bird Cameron, a Perth-born practise with operations

CORPORATISED healthcare – the bogey haunting the US medical system – could be coming to WA.This will open the door for overseas companies to run some of WA’s healthcare system.

THE Town of Vincent has approved a plan to hold a street festival in February or March next year.Called the Oxford Street Festival, the event is expected to draw a crowd of at least 5,000 in its first year.

THE Sydney Olympic Games may provide some short-term relief for Australia’s dollar.A flood of overseas visitors is expected and they will need to invest in some Australian currency, which some commentators think might pull the dollar out of its US58 cen

YOUNG people needed to be encouraged to go into business, says Ovations Edu-tainment general manager Katrina Bercov.The 26-year-old has been running the business for the past five years.

WA’S resource sector rebound may be just around the corner.The Federal Government has exempted Australia’s multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas industry from national greenhouse gas policy.

SMALL businesses are being belted by skyrocketing fuel prices and their woes are likely to worsen.With fuel price rises comes the risk of inflationary blowouts and further interest rate rises.The demand for petrol in the booming US economy is help...

PERTH’S Convention and Exhibition Centre is ugly and in the wrong place, according to some of the participants at a recent City Vision public forum.City Vision chairman Ken Adam said it had been City Vision’s view all along that the centre “must be ...

ALINTAGAS shares to the public will cost $2.25 each from September 11.Energy Minister Colin Barnett said the initial public offering represented 55 per cent of the utility’s issued capital.The 88 million shares released to the public will raise $1...

SMALL business cannot trust Labor, says Federal Small Business Minister Peter Reith because it had refused to support the Government’s unfair dismissal legislation.The Government proposes to exempt small businesses from unfair dismissal. It is beli...

THE South Metropolitan College of TAFE has appointed Malcolm Goff its new CEO.Mr Goff has more than 25 years experience in the WA employment and training sector.He has been acting managing director of the College since April last year.He has wor...

WA IS expected to net a $25 million economic windfall through hosting five international rugby union matches from 2001-05.The agreement between EventsCorp and the Australian Rugby Union includes three tri-nations matches between the Australian Walla...

A mediocre speaker can make for a mediocre conference, says National Speakers Association of Australia professional development coordinator Alan Wilson.“The whole event can hinge on the speaker. If it is the typical keynote speaker and the whole eve...

CAR makers are sitting on the answer to rising fuel costs, says Democrats Energy spokeswoman Lyn Allison.Senator Allison said it was surprising Australian car makers were still undecided about investing in a car that used dramatically less fuel.“T...

BESIDES the dedicated Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, WA will gain a facility capable of accommodating 2,300 people with Burswood Resort Casino’s $75 million expansion.Burswood is spending $35 million on its convention centre that will inclu...

THE Gay Pride Parade will go ahead from 8pm on October 28, despite the controversy surrounding the Perth City Council’s involvement with the event.Council has also agreed to pay the march’s organisers the $13,500 it resolved to give in March.Some...

DESPITE all the controversy about the design and the location of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, WA’s meetings industry just wants one thing – to have it built.Perth’s need for a dedicated convention and exhibition centre was probably fi...

BEING able to run his own practice while having access to the full services of a national accounting firm has kept life interesting for Frank Cooper.Mr Cooper has been with Australia-wide accounting firm Arthur Andersen since 1976. He was appointed ...

WA finally has a new Governor with Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC sworn in by Chief Justice Geoffrey Kennedy last Friday.More than 350 guests witnessed the swearing, including 80 people selected by ballot after more than 300 applicants respond...

GETTING business relationships right will bring companies profit growth and sustainable competitive advantage, says Strategic Partnering principal Tony Lendrum.Mr Lendrum was in Perth recently to address an SGIO and Curtin University function.“For...

THE Sydney Olympic games will not bring much benefit for Perth’s convention operators.Perth Convention Bureau managing director Owen Cook said the Olympics would have little affect on the Perth market.“The Asian incentives market is still strong,”...

AUSTRALIA’s reliance on the motor vehicle is not wavering despite the drive to increase public transport, according to a motor vehicle census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.Australia had almost 12 million motor vehicles registered in 1999 – ...

BUSSELTON has beaten an eastern states regional centre for the right to host a 200-plus delegate national conference next September.The Australian Shop and Office Fitting Industry Association conference will inject more than $280,000 in direct del...

AN APPLICATION to set up a mobile phone kiosk on the upper level Forrest Place Northern Link has been refused by the Perth City Council.The applicant wanted to set up the kiosk on the walkway opposite Fletcher Jones.The proposal would have brough...