Staff Reporters

WA Parliament has handed control of Corporations Law to the Federal Parliament to make way for new federal corporations legislation to come into effect later this month.

MARKETFORCE might have missed out on the Burswood account this week but a Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions advertising festival would have softened the blow.

BANK of Scotland subsidiary St Andrew’s Insurance (Australia), which originally was set up in 1998 to support BankWest and whose client base now includes RAMS HomeLoans, Capital Finance, RAC Finance and HOME Building Society, has announced its intenti...

STOCKBROKING firm Hogan and Partners has appointed John Kerr (pictured) to manage its new financial planning division.

AFTER all the hurdles small businesses have had to clear with the New Tax System, their greatest test is coming – end of financial year reporting.

THE Swan Brewery has found a replacement for outgoing managing director Mike Molloy.Bob Baily will head up the WA operations of Lion Nathan, joining the Canning Vale-based business from Swan’s sister, South Australian Brewing.

AN elderly Busselton couple revealed they lost their life savings during the first day of hearing into the finance brokers’ scandal.

PICTURE this. A tropical island with glorious beaches and a warm climate situated in the Indian Ocean, approximately 2,400 kilometres off the south-east coast of Africa.

THE State Government claims the Belltower we had to have is a white elephant because it lost $84,000 between April 10 and June 30. The Government blames its predecessor’s decision to allow free access to the belltower for the loss.

THE hospitality and entertainment industry’s annual gala Nocturnal Ball will take place at Metropolis Perth on Monday, June 25.

Catherine FerrariChief executive officer, West Australian Symphony OrchestraTHE symphony orchestra business is very much a global business and, in it, the West Australian Symphony is a world class orchestra in the most remote capital city on

BUSINESS leaders have identified the need for strategic development and investment in value-adding and key future industries to arrest concerns that WA is becoming little more than a branch office.

REDFM’ s acquisition of Karratha-based North West Radio has been thrown into turmoil following Perth-based Lifestyle Radio’s decision to take legal action against Foundation Capital, North West Radio and its shareholders.

WITH 500 shareholders and $3.3 million in hand, Perth-based Carpathian Resources is due to list on the Australian Stock Exchange tomorrow.

ONE group to see the merit in the East Perth district is Gastronomical Pty Ltd, an international commercial property developing company.

LISTED ecommerce group CHROME Global has moved into the public relations field, acquiring Blue Regal Corporation Pty Ltd which trades as the WA licensed affiliate of Professional Public Relations Australia.

PERTH company APT Systems has beaten 14 other tenders to win a lucrative contract from telecommunications giant Vodafone.

THE Minister for State Development, Tourism and Business, Clive Brown, will open a special breakfast to be held in Perth on Monday July 2.

ONE could be forgiven for believing Gulf of Carpentaria prawns would be the easiest things in the world to sell.But Julie and Bert Boschetti have their share of exporting

WA-based property syndicator Glenmont Properties has bought the Department of Transport building from the University of Western Australia for $9.6 million.

FREMANTLE-based IT and management consultancy Tele-sis Communications has merged its operations with national group Whitehorse Strategic Group.

TWO lawyers, Liberal candidate Sue Walker and Greens candidate Steve Walker, took the race for the seat of Nedlands to the wire. The winner ends nearly 50 years of Court family reign.

AN 11th-hour decision to nominate for a national award has paid off for a Perth-based gas transmission company.

TRADE Minister Mark Vaile has announced a significant breakthrough for sheepmeat exporters, with Australia and Argentina reaching agreement on certification arrangements for Australian sheepmeat exports.

THE Export Market Development Grants scheme – which reimburses up to 50 per cent of a business’ annual spending on export promotional activities – is likely to be extended for a further five years.

A MINERAL sands company using an adapted magnetic mapping technique may have discovered a significant extension to the Eneabba heavy mineral field.

WHAT a week it has been in finance. The heirs to two huge empires, James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch, have gone from being badly misinformed One.Tel shareholders to potentially feeling the wrath of the Australian Securities and

THERE’S something elegant about winter and its long, sit-down dinners. The romance of the rain while sitting among fellow wine lovers culminates in an evening of gourmet indulgence.

IN the wake of last year’s dot.com crash, an ambitious local company has launched a comprehensive WA travel website.

IT’S taken many years, but I think I may have identified the elusive element missing from my exercise regime.

TWO of three Margaret River wine projects looking for about $140 million between them have won enough subscriptions to go ahead in what has been described as the toughest tax-effective market yet.

PAT Pinder has bid farewell to his architectural firm, Sandover Pinder Pty Ltd.