Noel Dyson

PERTH business people can now have a relaxing massage in the comfort of their own office.

THE ALTERNATIVE health market in Australia is now worth $1 billion a year.

A GROUP of eighteen flower producers have developed a marketing arrangement to sell brown boronia in Perth’s central city this spring.

THE Esperance Port Authority is pressing on with the $21 million first phase of its harbour deepening and expansion project.

AUSTRALIAN biotechnology company Genesis Biomedical Ltd recently announced plans to form an alliance with US orthopaedic bracing company Bodyworks Inc.

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.

INDUSTRY experience is no longer crucial to land a top job, says Recruitment Solutions executive director Greg Savage.

BUSINESS confidence in WA for the medium term still languishes, according to a Chamber of Commerce and Industry survey.

A JOINT venture between BankWest and Precedent Financial Services is to be launched in September.

THE Perth Hills Tourism Group, in conjunction with the South East Metropolitan Area Consultative Committee, has received a $60,000 grant from the Federal Government to devise a working tourism strategy for the region.

AN APPLICATION to build a 16 apartment building at 170 Adel-aide Terrace has been approved by council.

KLEENHEAT Gas has formed an alliance with Great Southern Energy to bring natural gas to the Snowy Mountains gateway town of Cooma.

PARTS of Asia struggling to overcome the effects of the recent financial crisis may be struck down by the Y2K bug.

Kimberley residents still hold hopes for a tidal power station at Derby.

LEARNING about electronic commerce has become easier thanks to a CR-Rom produced as a result of this year’s Smart Business 99 Electronic Commerce Expo, held in Perth in March.

COUNCIL has written off the $67,395 debt owed by Michael and Sue Wilson for rent and other charges related to Sinatra’s Tavern in the City Station Concourse.

Chiefton Management was incorporated more than a decade ago to provide specialist services to building owners that would take care of all aspects of owning and running a building – a service termed ‘facilities management’.

STATEWEST Credit Society has become the first WA financial institution to launch its own online banking service.

THE Goldfields and South East Industry Development Centre has opened its doors.

SWITCHING from a career in science to a career in retail has helped win Kirrily Van Reil the Young Retailer of the Year Award.

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.