Noel Dyson

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.

THE years of strong capital growth are over for retail property and future returns will be largely dependent on income, according to the latest ten year forecast on the retail property market from BIS Shrapnel.

RATEPAYERS will be given a say on whether Perth City Council should support the Pride Gay and Lesbian Parade.

REDEVELOPMENT of Perth’s eastern gateway could be just two years away.

SPORTS marketers will face tighter regulation as the share of the sports dollar becomes smaller.

POORLY organised businesses may well be culled by the GST, according to Parliamentary Secretary for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Mal Brough.

COUNCIL will give $50,000 to WA Fashion Week, including the proposed Spring in the City.

CPA Australia has released a planner to help businesses set up post-GST prices.

PERTH City Council’s draft City Planning Scheme 2 has again been used to refuse a development in Crawley.

AUSTRALIA’S 700,000 to 800,000 contractors face a torrid time with the implementation of the New Tax System.

ADDING value to a business rather than minimising its tax is the philosophy that led Steve Abbott to create his own firm.

A DRAFT policy aimed at giving regional and local businesses more WA Government supply and procurement work has been released for public comment.

ON 24 December, the sun sets on Burswood’s exclusive casino licence.

AN eleventh hour bid to halt council court proceedings against the occupiers of J and A Battaglia’s Food and Liquor store has been stalled.

CHANGING lifestyle trends and the emergence of franchising is pushing down the value of WA small businesses.

DEVELOPERS providing more parking than allowed under the Perth Parking Policy can be penalised.

BUSINESSES such as nightclubs, twenty-four hour petrol stations and delicatessans face a potential nightmare at midnight on 30 June.

FINANCIAL statements for the year to 31 March show the Council is well on track to meet its budgeted revenue. Since July, Council has received almost $60 million in revenue.

SMALL business confidence is on the up in WA, according to the May 2000 Small Business Opinion Survey conducted by the Small Business Development Corporation.

Council has approved an application for a $13 million Barrack Square hotel development to be built over the Swan River.

THE GST is the biggest challenge facing small businesses, according to the May 2000 Small Business Opinion Survey.

COUNCIL has granted approval of an application submitted by Greg Rowe and Associates for an $8 million development in Beaufort Street, Perth.

BUSINESS News is looming as one of the best ways to reach influential business leaders and professionals, according to a study by Asset Research.

A FORTHCOMING review of the Swan Valley Planning Act has raised the spectre of more residential development in the region.

SPHINX Restaurants has entered into a lease agreement with the Council for an area of 73 square metres at the north-west corner of the Roe Street car park on James Street.

COUNCIL has written off a $88,000 debt owed them by the WA Government through the Building Management Authority – now Contract and Management Services.

FOUR young business owners’ endeavours have been recognised at the WA Youth Awards.

ANTI-social behaviour in Forrest Place will be acted on with Council committing $130,000 to improving the area.

THE Australian Taxation Office will receive $43.5 million over the next two years to help implement the Government’s tax changes.

A TASKFORCE to review and advise on the Geological Survey Division (GSWA) of the Department of Minerals and Energy has been formed.

A DEVELOPMENT at 57 Forrest Avenue, East Perth has been approved by Council.

COUNCIL has at last finalised the lease for the Perth Concert Hall.