Noel Dyson

AN agreement has been struck between the four major project construction unions, the Western Australian Government and the Australian Council of Trade Unions to limit industrial unrest on the $630 million Burrup Fertilisers project.

A SMALL telecommunications player that has been suspended from trade on the Australian Stock Exchange for more than a year is on the verge of receiving a $19 million payout from nickel producer Anaconda.

IMAGINE creating a business that turned over $18,000 in its first nine weeks with virtually no capital backing and no business experience.

INDEPENDENT hardware buying group Cooperative Purchasing Services Limited has entered into a joint venture wholesale operation with Mitre 10 in Western Australia.

BUSINESS mentors are providing a helping hand to fledgling small businesses.

NIDO Petroleum executive chairman Charlie Morgan has upped his stake in the petroleum player by 2,828,684 shares in a buying spree that ran from September 16 to October 30.

AFTER months of will they won’t they speculation, the management team at stockbroker DJ Carmichael has successfully completed a management buyout of the 50 per cent stake held by

A CONSTRUCTION Forestry Mining and Energy Union attempt to force an enterprise bargaining agreement onto a Perth employment hire firm and have it charged with unfair dismissal has failed in the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

THE cost of last week’s truck blockade at Fremantle port, sparked by a dispute between truck drivers and stevedores from Patricks and P&O over truck turnaround times, could be in the millions of dollars.

LISTED Western Australian auto parts company Advanced Engine Components, once linked to failed telco New Tel and its boss Peter Malone, has concluded the sale of two of its non-core assets and is now concentrating on its natural gas technologies.

TWO of Western Australia’s better known directors, Keith Liddell and Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, have dramatically boosted their stakes in two companies they are associated with.

MUM and dad investors who took advantage of the Halifax Bank of Scotland takeover offer for BankWest shares could face a capital gains tax liability.

RETRAVISION stores around the country are stocking a new range of solar hot water systems from Western Australia.

Golf has retained its popularity among players in Western Australia, however the sport is facing a minor sponsorship crisis. Noel Dyson and Mark Beyer report.

A MERGER, an acquisition and a float have made 2003 a year of major change for the Western Australian insurance industry.

A NEW focus on projects where Clough can earn a premium for its engineering expertise is the key plank of a five-year plan to turn around the engineering company’s fortunes.

SEVERAL Western Australians are among 200 representatives from 40 Commonwealth countries, all earmarked as future leaders, who are meeting at a conference to look at the relations

IT seemed typical.

WESTERN Australia has received 8 per cent of Australia Post’s $100 million national rollout of new large letter sorting equipment.

LISTED automotive parts manufacturer Safe Effect Technologies has hit some bumpy ground in its efforts to take its wet brake technology to the world.

IN a move that has surprised absolutely no-one, the Federal Government has officially awarded the $3.5 billion, 25-year Collins class submarine refit to the Adelaide-based Austral

TUCKED away in Jandakot is a small listed company that is growing its business of making and supplying confectionery and bakery filling products to customers around Australia and

LOCAL lift installation and maintenance company Elevator Technologies Australia has merged with German multinational ThyssenKrupp Elevator.

A WESTERN Australian business has emerged as one of the largely unsung heroes of last year’s Bali bombing tragedy.

THE light seems to be shining at the end of the tunnel for the Orbital Engine Corporation.

FOR those people starting out in small business, buying an existing operation can save a lot of time and money in building up goodwill. But there are some important factors that need to be considered.

THE old Pells Army Surplus Store site at 403 to 405 Wellington Street, Perth, has been bought by a trust tied to Perth lawyer Theofilos Kakulas.

Many people like the idea of being their own boss but not all can follow through and make the dream a reality. Noel Dyson investigates how to set up a successful small business.

SURF lifesavers have been an iconic presence on Perth beaches since the first club was established in 1909.

FARMERS are railing against the practises of the Department of Conservation and Land Management highlighted by the recent prosecution of Narembeen farmer Alan Yandle.

WHILE much of the business sector is focused on the Burrup Peninsula, another development project is quietly progressing, 450 kilometres inland of Port Hedland.

PROVIDING industrial relations problems do not interfere, the Burrup Fertilisers project on the Burrup Peninsula could go from being a $630 million job to one worth $1.9 billion.