Noel Dyson

DBM Australia's WA regional manager Mark Jessop has devised a ten point list of the requirements a successful manager will need in the new millennium.

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.

THE first 24 hour pharmacy in WA has opened its doors. The Beaufort Street Pharmacy in Mount Lawley will offer 24 hour public access to the full range of pharmaceuticals.

A PERTH-based company has launched what could be the world's first image web server.

RAC Insurance, WA police and a number of metropolitan councils have joined forces with Crime Stoppers to raise community awareness and involvement in the program.

As 2000 draws closer, businesses will find technical help difficult to find, with software suppliers and special-ists under-resourced, says Sybiz Software's Sevva Nelson.

ABOUT 17 per cent of WA small businesses are not keeping proper records, a twelve month Australian Securities and Investments Com-mission program has found.

WHILE no longer opposing the GST, Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley still has concerns.

STRINGENT hygiene and state-of-the-art technology have helped WA's Golden Egg Farms crack the Hong Kong egg product market.

SINGAPORE has become only the second country to be given a Y2K ‘all-green rating' by one of the world's leading Y2K watchdogs – the Global 2000 Coordinating Group.

SMALL businesses are likely to be hit with GST compliance costs forty times those of big businesses.

RETAILERS and their advisers have been put on notice by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

BUILDING of a three-storey office and apartment building has been approved by council – just three weeks after being knocked back.

WA SMALL and medium businesses seem to be well on track to beat the Year 2000 or Y2K problem.

Greenhouse gas emission treaties could destroy WA's chance to develop downstream processing industries, says Woodside Petroleum managing director John Akehurst.