THE Perth City Council has made a last ditch attempt to force a developer to bring a West Perth building into line with its planning rules before taking the matter to court.
WHEN a computer system crashes in the middle of the night somewhere in America, the first phone call for help may well be made to Perth, where it is just another client ringing during office hours.
AUSTRALIAN Trade Commission (Austrade) managing director, Charles Jamieson, has appointed Craig Symon as general manager of the Export Finance Assistance Programs.
SALON Icon has had a celebrity client visiting every week.Salon owner Lisa Mulder has the hairdressing contract for Lachy Hume the lead male in the Let's Get Skase feature film currently being filmed in Perth.
THE Trade Practices Act recognises there are some circumstances where the public benefits resulting from conduct which may be anti-competitive actually exceed the costs.
TO help the six million Australians who suffer from fatigue, Blackmores has launched Envital, a new treatment that provides sustainable support to the body's natural energy production function.
PERTH'S independent advertising agencies have been targeted by an east coast company seeking to create Australia's first national advertising consortium.
Australia's seasonally adjusted trade deficit improved by 9 per cent to $2.19 billion between June and September. In September 1999 the deficit stood at $4.31 million.
LLOYD Stewart has resigned as chairman of the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, citing short-term business commitments as the motivating factor.
Shell has revised its merger proposal with WPL. The cleverly crafted offer is designed to get the revised merger proposal (RMP) in front of the WPL shareholders to force a vote (extraordinary general meeting will be held at the end of April).
WITH Perth's newest landmark, the Swan Bells, now ready for the official opening on Sunday, December 10, my thanks go to everyone involved in the project.
A gateway to all online government internet services in Australia was launched at www.gov.au this month. It provides users with quick access to each Commonwealth, State and Territory Internet entry point.
THE $30 million gift delivery market has been targeted by Perth company Cake Box, the café and restaurant supply company founded by Harold Clough's daughter Sue Townsend.
WILL we survive another month without an interest rate rise.It seems absurd that we have to worry about such an event as the world apparently teeters on the edge of financial disaster week in and week out.
PERTH'S biggest advertising agency Marketforce has won a contract with national automotive accessories retailer Tyre-power, estimated to be worth around $1 million.
BARELY two years since moving to Perth, Neal Jackson has established a reputation as one of the city's premier chefs and maintained his long-term form at the Gold Plate Awards.
THE shell of failed fruit and vegetable exporter Sumich Group is being resurrected as a biotechnology hopeful, joining eight WA companies loosely representing the sector on the stock market.
