Noel Dyson

A CAPEL businessman has developed a system that allows returned concrete to be fully recycled.

NINE commercial research and development projects have been given WA Government grants.

A TRIAL to encourage people to use alternative transport methods is showing interesting results.

ALTHOUGH in its worst recession for decades, Hong Kong is fighting to keep the crown as East Asia’s premier international business and finance centre.

BELVIDERE Quality Meats had double success at the recent Belmont Small Business Awards, winning both Enterprise of the Year and Quality Management Awards.

RESIDENTS and businesses in Northbridge will be asked for their views on a proposed Multicultural Arts and Crafts Market in Russell Square.

PILING has begun on the Narrows Bridge Duplication project from the South Perth foreshore.

Kevin Baum believes Perth could becomes a hub for electronic commerce.

A NEW research centre is set to make WA a national leader in sustainable development.

NON-accountants have the chance to learn how to take control of their own finances in a seminar with the ‘singing accountant’ Peter Ho.

Concern at the lack of commitment toward economic reform by political parties has prompted the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA to prepare a policy document.

WA’s JOYCE Corporation has enacted part of its plan to use acquisitions to increase its market capitalisation.

RETAIL leasing has been set back 25 years by the new Retail Shops Act, says Kott Gunning senior associate George Johnston.

A new planning tool aims to remove a number of strategic planning dangers.

TWO WA universities have joined forces to internationally market their education studies schools.

Curtin University of Technology is moving to become an international centre for forensic science research and education and a major source of long-term assistance to nations, particularly in South East Asia, in crime solving through science.

A NEW project will be launched on 25 August to deliver higher education to wheatbelt communities.

JOHN Garland International principal John Garland has been reappointed chairman of the Small Business Development Corpora-tion for another two years.

NORTHBRIDGE parking will receive a much-needed boost with council establishing a temporary car park on land over the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel.

PERTH is to become the Standards Australia Group’s gateway to Asia.

PERTH’S dedicated convention and exhibition centre is guaranteed to be built in the Perth CBD and it is to include a soccer and rugby stadium.

A PLAN to supply electrical power to an experimental trochus hatchery on the Dampier Peninsula has received WA Government funding of $20,000.

HUSBAND and wife bakery franchisees Neil and Judy Loveland have been named WA Franchisee of the Year.

NO NEW Year’s Eve parties will be held on City of Perth reserves, council has decreed.

THE MAJOR banks in Leederville are exacerbating crime, says Town of Vincent Mayor John Hyde.

A software system has been developed by Australian company MAUS Business Systems which claims to cut time spent preparing business and marketing plans by up to 90 per cent.

THE WA government has contributed $1.5 million in grants for the third round of the Gascoyne-Murchison Strategy.

THE 40 hour week is long gone, according to a recent survey by Morgan & Banks’ legal division.

THE foodservice industry is growing at twice the rate of retail food sales, according to a recent report by BIS Shrapnel.

A STRONG and untiring commitment to customer service could help somebody win the Wendy Middleton Award – the highest award the Australian Customer Service Association presents in WA.

FREE online training is being offered by Unisys People to tackle the Perth information technology skills shortage.The IT recruiter has invested in a dedicated Inter-net server and CBT Systems courseware.

REFORESTATION, endangered animals and environmentally-friendly transport have been discussed at the inaugural WA Youth Leadership for the En-vironment conference.