Noel Dyson

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.

WESTERN Power is preparing for the deregulation of WA’s power industry.

WA’S information technology sector is likely to drive the job market, according to the Quarterly Morgan & Banks Job Index.

NEW road, rail and port infrastructure is being set up in the Albany region to encourage the development of a plantation wood processor and related value-added projects.

THE WA Ministry of Justice has won an AusAid contract to develop the pilot for a community corrections program in Sri Lanka.

NOMINATIONS are being called for the Wendy Middleton Award – the highest award the Australian Customer Service Associationpresents in WA.

PLANS to develop a children’s pathway through Perth may have hit a stumbling block.

BUSINESS News has joined forces with Internet jobs site Seek.From 5 August, visitors to the Business News’ website at www.businessnews.com.au can link directly to the Seek job classifieds site.

CORPORATE buyouts are now well within the reach of middle management. As venture capital availability grows, management buyouts are likely to increase.

INSIGHTS from the recent design forum on the future of Perth will be brought to bear at an international design forum in Taipei.

THE WA Water Corporation, Clough Engineering and Kinhill have signed an alliance agreement for the delivery of the Woodman Point Environmental Enhancement project.

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.

THE redevelopment of council’s Number 8 car park bounded by James, Lake and Roe Streets has finally begun.

COMMERCE and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan has led trade missions to Thailand and Malaysia to investigate a range of emerging trade opportunities.

WA EXPORTERS now have a representative in the increasingly lucrative Taiwanese market.

A FRANCHISOR promoting franchises for Year 2000 compliance software has been taken to court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

THROUGH an alliance with the Royal Bank of Canada, WA-based stock broker Hartley Poynton Limited can now trade in AA+ and AAA-rated government and private bonds from amounts as little as $25,000.

A NEW business club, designed to make the most of international awareness of Australia thanks to the Sydney 2000 Olympics, is looking for members.

A WA-built plane has received airworthiness certificates from both the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand and the US Federal Aviation Administration.

BEATING the Millennium bug is not the only thing needed to prepare for the next millennium, says Percy Institute of International Protocol principal Louise Percy.