Noel Dyson

The WA Government has launched a scheme to capitalise on the growing call centre industry.

DESPITE opposition from the main political parties, the big end of retail town is confident it will achieve deregulated trading hours.Embattled Fair Trading Minister Doug Shave has made it clear there will be no change to the retail trading hour regime

BOOKKEEPING looks set to boom once the GST comes in.

n COUNCIL has given approval for Really Useful Productions to stage its production of the musical Cats on the Esplanade Reserve. The production is expected to run from November 11 to December 11. Really Useful Productions is being charged $35,000 to use 1

FINDING accommodation and furniture for a newly-transferred executive can be one of the toughest jobs for a company.

An environmental restoration project by a mid-west regional school and a mineral sands processing company has reached the finals of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships.Dongara District High School and Westline L

GIVE us more public open space in the Northbridge Urban Renewal area.

AN 8,794 square metre office and warehouse facility on more than 3.5 hectares at 25 Cocos Drive, Bibra Lake, is available for lease through Stanton Hillier Parker.

INDUSTRIAL commodities and mining stocks are a good place to invest at the moment according to market analyst Martin Pring.

THE PERTH Mint is a finalist in three categories in the 2000 WA Tourism Awards for Excellence: heritage and cultural, tourism retailing, and tourism marketing and promotion.

LYNAS Corporation has added to its working capital by raising an additional $2 million through a combination of new share placements and the sale of trustee securities.

ONE of East Perth’s highest points could soon be graced by a twenty storey building.

AUSTRALIA’S venture capital industry is fast catching up with its overseas counterparts.

Mr Gorman said the feedback he had received from distributors of a newventure capital technology fundsuggested the new group of investors was keen to diversify their investments.

PERTH City Councillors are concerned they are being leftout of vital decisions regarding the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Few commercial locations in Australia can match the atmosphere of The Old Swan Brewery. In every square metre of space, there is history and character. Gaze out the huge windows to the south-east, and you’ll take in a spectacular view of the Swan River. T

BEHIND the concierge desks of three Perth hotels are membersof one of the world’s proudest societies.

YOUNG investors are turning away from the traditional investments and heading to private equity – one of the forms of venture capital.

NTERNET growth is helping to stack the finance odds further in the favour of the consumer.

SEAPLANES may soon land on the Swan River again.

QUIET achiever SystemArt was in the limelight at the 2000 Asia Pacific IT&T Awards, winning the Best Business Innovation category.

THE flow of new cars into WA is improving.

IT SEEMS council staff have tried to sneak some street beautification works in with a plan to create a parking bay for disabled people on Milligan Street.

SMALL businesses that use an accrual accounting basis for GST will be far better placed in regards to lay-bys following aruling by Tax Commissioner Michael Carmody.

THE Australian Tax Office has announced changes that will apply from 1 July 2000 to superannuation arrangements and thresholds.

COUNCIL is being dragged into the battle between pubs and nightclubs in Northbridge, says Councillor Bert Tudori.

INTEGRATED online and retail travel group Travelshop Limited has announced the appointment of Ansett Australia sales and marketing executive Glenn Robertson as its managingdirector to spearhead its long-term growth strategy.

FINANCIER Australian Guarantee Corp-oration, the company originally formed to provide finance for Ford car purchasers, has turned seventy-five.

FOR the first time in nearly ten years, a new office tower will rise over Perth’s CBD.

A WA financial services creation is taking the rest of Australia by storm.

A FORUM will be held in Kalgoorlie from16 June to look at avenues for advancing Native Title in the Goldfields.

BEING a company director is becoming an unattractive option as the liability burden jumps.