Noel Dyson

AUSTRALIAN electronic retailers who fail to deliver superior customer service risk losing customers for good, says store CEO David Gold.

DESPERATE and dateless rejoice. ECAT Development Capital has entered into an agreement with a US-based Internet dating service to establish a similar service in Australia.

A LOSS in the battle with BHP in WA’s North West could spell the end of the stronghold that Australia’s unions have traditionally held there.

NOVEMBER sales figures afforded retailers an early Christmas bonus with WA’s highest spending month on record, according to recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

RESULTS of a recent business survey suggest 94 per cent of respondents intend to continue operating in Fremantle.

TRUCKING companies now have a tool that can save them up to 20 per cent of their transport costs.

AUSTRALIAN business people are setting themselves up forfailure before they even start, says transformationalist Teya Antonio-Wright.

THE Federal Government is keeping its maligned agriculture first trade policy because it gives Australia a seat at the “big table” of world trade, says Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

ONLINE recruitment is booming in Australia according to Internet job site Seek executive director Matthew Rockman.

WA-BASED Q Multimedium has signed a contract with UK-based Midas Interactive Entertainment BV to develop a range of Q Sport mini CD-ROMs for the international market.

A WA engineering company has sewn up a five year deal with Rolls Royce worth at least $20 million over the next two years and potentially up to $125 million.

AUSTRALIA’S top companies are wasting millions of dollars each year by adopting ad hoc senior staff relocation policies.

AT JUST sixteen years old, Chris Cornish is playing a major role in planning a network for a national Internet service provider.

ALLIED Mining & Processing has entered into an agreement with Internet Business Centre principals Richard Keeves and David Dell to acquire an interest in Fastpath Pty Ltd.

CALL centres, hailed as a boon for WA’s economy, can prove harmful to the businesses employing them.

VOUCHERS worth $200 to help small businesses deal with the GST have started being sent out.

A MINING industry computer consultancy is turning green.

WA-BASED Gippsland Limited is expanding its Internet-based enterprise WiredCity to provide a high speed, broadband Internet access service.

WATCH out for correspondence seeking payment for unsolicited directory advertising, warns acting Commission-er for Fair Trading Gary Newcombe.

SIPA Resources International has entered into an exclusive agreement to gain access to Rio Tinto Exploration’s Australian geochemical and mineralogical databases.

EMAIL, while a valuable communications tool, has brought with it a potential legal minefield.

Small WA retailers are breathing a sigh of relief after the promise that trading hours will not be deregulated until at least after the next State Government election.

IT SEEMS pets in the workplace are not as welcome as was previously thought.

APPLICATIONS are being called for $171 million of new funding from the Federal Government’s Networking the Nation program.

International trade between Australia and overseas has increased, yet customs staff numbers have been steadily decreasing.

Two women have set out to bring Italian culture and language to the Perth business community.

THE WA Government has approved a $4 million multi-user infrastructure package to improve Broome’s port facilities.

Some companies using just under one megawatt of electricity per annum are crying foul at the latest power deregulation.

A MEEKATHARRA-based Aboriginal company has won WA Government support to improve its management skills and plan for future growth.

WA FACES the risk of going from an exporter of food to an importer of food if growing salination problems are not addressed.

FIVE WA university departments are using process control equipment supplied by Motherwell Information Systems in their curriculums.

December brought a bonanza for WA with the Perth Convention Bureau winning conference and incentive travel business worth over $5 million.