MARINE and supply base operator Mermaid Marine Group is about to list on the bourse to raise $6.5 million to upgrade and expand its facilities at King Bay on Dampier’s Burrup Peninsula.
ONE of the most rewarding aspects of my role as Premier is the opportunity it gives me to meet and talk to people in different parts of Western Australia.
The Shire of Esperance has launched initiatives to upgrade the airport and recreational centre. The shire called for expressions of interest from building companies and contractors to undertake further extensions at the airport terminal.
AT THE recent Online Australia national conference in the Barossa Valley, Visa International director of e-commerce Asia Pacific Jeff Pearlman presented a powerful wake-up call to Australian businesses.
A SERIES of six gravity datasets, which covers areas containing some of the oldest rocks in Australia, has been released by Mines Minister Norman Moore.
During the past four years, Nor-West Seafoods Pty Limited has undergone some $10 million worth of expansion to its fishing fleet and base in Carnarvon.
RESEARCH shows 87 per cent of newcomers to the net are there to make money, yet most new entries to this market make two fundamental mistakes in web design.
THE mining industry is in a vicious cycle with little light at the end of the tunnel.This is the general consensus of opinion among leading mining companies and economic analysts.
AQUINAS College has become renowned for its Community Service Programs. The programs have won the Volunteer Centre of WA’s Western Australian Difference Awards, and the Red Cross has awarded Aquinas with a national award for community service.
THESE days it seems almost everyone has heard of the world’s largest bookstore business, Amazon.com. That is remarkable testimony to a business that did not exist in 1994.What is also well known is that Amazon has yet to return a profit.
The world’s squillion dollar public relations juggernaut is resting easier this week after squashing the ill-placed notion: “We don’t need public relations when we’ve got marketing”.
THE new Franchising Code of Conduct has a number of requirements that will benefit both franchisees and franchisors, says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission small business officer Siobhan O’Gara.
POOR global market conditions for high-quality diamonds has forced the De Beers controlled Central Selling Organisation to cut back sales in an attempt to stabilise the market.
ATTRACTIVELY landscaped verges and 200-year old Tuart trees are attracting home buyers to Woodleigh Grove, where more than half the 42 blocks on offer have been sold to date.
THE recent controversial ideas design competition by the City of Stirling will be the prelude to a multi-million development on the Scarborough foreshore to attract tourists and more visitors.
Funny, corporately speaking, has become big business. While Peter Holland can be assured there are still places on the speakers’ circuit for the serious MC, the wise-cracker gets the bigger round of applause.
EVER wondered just how your retail business is going? How do others pinpoint the areas in their store which have fallen down? How do they set their standards, their goals and their budgets?
