Noel Dyson

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 licence for software to manage the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipe-line has been sold by pipeline owner Epic Energy to the Department of Land Administration.

CALL centres are poised to reap the benefits of lower telecommunications costs.

PERTH City Council has started roadworks at Barrack Square as part of the site’s redevelopment.

TRAFFIC flows on several streets east of the Hay Street and Murray Street Malls have changed as part of the Perth Access project, a partnership between the Perth City Council and Transport.

WHILE it is no secret information technology jobs are in high demand, a chef shortage is sweeping Australia.

Perth-based Guardian Funds Management Limited plans to raise $200 million in private mortgages through a prospectus to be managed by its subsidiary Countrywide Credit.

CURTIN University is helping China to prepare for membership of the World Trade Organisation.

THE WA Chinese Chamber of Commerce has received a $50,000 Federal Government grant to run a series of seminars promoting greater understanding of Asian cultures and values.

THE inaugural City of Perth Youth Arts Sculpture competition has been won by first year University of WA fine arts student Ben De Vries.

A SHARE portfolio management computer program is being produced and distributed nationally from Geraldton.

AS THIS year’s Avon Descent takes place from 7 to 8 August, spare a thought for the logistical effort needed to make it happen.

INFORMATION on Aboriginal heritage sites is now easier to access, thanks to the Aboriginal Affairs Department’s new heritage site management system.

STANDARDS Australia has broken the $1 million mark in its web-based sales and distribution of technical standards.

AN EAST Perth trader has been allowed to keep two signs on his building, even though they break a council sign law.

PERTH-based web development company Vivid Interactive & Design’s achievements are being recognised by international players.

UNBRIDLED economic growth in Asian countries could mean ecological disaster unless governments actively pursue new policies based on the emerging science of cleaner production.

EMPLOYMENT expectations are the best they have been for four and a half years according to the latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey.

CBD office rates have been raised an average of 10 per cent by council.