Staff Reporters

EMPLOYING more young people is a way businesses can boost their chances of winning State Government contracts.

Earlier this week I delivered a keynote address to a Queensland conference which focused on online communities.

LOCAL swimwear designer Annette Stivaletta is receiving international interest for her collection Stivaletta_all wet.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission hasreleased an issues paper seeking comments on multi-media prospectuses and other offer documents.

WA engineering company RCR Tomlinson has acquired a 60 per cent share in a new company, Premium Workforce, to supplyshutdown maintenance and labour hire services throughout the state.

PERTH-based e-tailing company Avanta.com.au has secured a deal in the US that will provide the it withprominent market exposure.

APPLECROSS-based software designer Metech has cracked the corporate business sector in Africa for the first time.

A PROPERTY Council of Australia report has found that good urban design can boost economic returns for property investors as well as improve the quality of the built environment.

ONLINE share market investors' forum HOTcopper's initial public offering has been heavily oversubscribed.

Junior oil and gas explorer West Oil NL has had a fillip to its strategy to exploit its extensive hydrocarbon ground in the Timor Sea.

EDITH Cowan University has completed its Service 2000project, the largest switched local area network replacement to be conducted in WA.

Picking up a strong sniff of gold by the Glengarry Resources NL might advance prospects for the Larranganni project in the Tanami/ Granites area of WA.

CHEFS are in big demand on the eve of one of the biggest summer seasons the hospitality industry has ever faced.

OSBORNE Park-based magnet wholesaler Aust-mag has become the first WA company to be named Australia's best micro-business.

THE first Australian online business directory has been established with more than one million listings.

Lynas Gold NL's gold ambitions in the Ashburton Mineral Field have been given a shot in the arm.

THE first ever ranking of Australia's most popular web sites has been compiled by Internet research company IMR Worldwide.

THE possibility of Virgin Airlines entering the domestic passenger market is good news for Western Australians.

AROUND $7 million is available to businesses in the textile, clothing and footware industry through strategic investment programs, says TCF Resource Centre of WA manager Carol Hanlon.

Contractors to Woodside Petroleum, and that includes about every second business in WA, may be in for a rough time as the big oil and gas producer launches headlong into its cost cutting crusade.

Spectacular natural gas resource estimates – said to eclipse all the reserves in WA – have spurred exploration by Australian Coalbed Methane Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carbon Minerals NL.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS carrier and infrastructure developers Amcom Telecommunications and FiberTel Limited have merged to create one of the most aggressive listed players in the high-speed data telecommunications market.

CORPORATE fashion trends have diversified greatly over the past twenty years, says Martins managing director Martin Van Kampen.

When I first came to Perth sixteen years ago, I was met at the plane by a journalist from the newsroom I had been brought west to edit.

Despite a quiet year in terms of exploration and production activities, Stirling Resources NL has undergone considerable transformation.

OSBORNE Park-based Demtal Marketing Australia has gained national attention for its web site marketing system.

MANY small businesses will be forced to pay tax on loans they have made to their own businesses under the new tax system.

SOUTH East Metropolitan College of TAFE has recently launched a network course with networking equipment manufacturers 3Com.

For more than twenty years we have been describing the changing nature of work.

ONLINE sales are expected to reach A$14 billion worldwide just in time for Christmas.

A new gold discovery near the Western Queen deposit at the Dalgaranga gold mine in Western Australia has the potential to significantly extend the operating life of one of Australia's most successful medium-sized gold mines.

A MOUNT Lawley-based human resources company has been formed through an alliance of specialist independent HR consultants.