SNAP Printing solidified its status as Australia's largest, most successful printing franchise with the recent addition of the 150th Snap centre in London.
A REMARKABLE string of awards won by businesses in the South West is providing an insight into the way commerce and service sectors could develop in the future.
WITH wide open spaces and unique natural marine and terrestrial attractions, the Gascoyne region holds huge potential for continued commercial development.
IN SPITE of tightening margins, Robe River Iron Associates continues to maintain its current high rate of output from its iron ore operations in the Pilbara.
CLOSE proximity to South East Asia markets and existing trade routes, combined with minerals processing potential, provides the Pilbara with enormous opportunities for enhanced development and increased trade.
In a government-commissioned report, Ernst and Young identified job opportunities. But it also established that a number of Kewdale and Welshpool firms would be lured to the modern industrial estate.
There are moments in life when one realises in an instant that the old order has changed forever. In its own way, Phil Sexton's Oriel Café in Subiaco changed forever Perth's dining paradigm.
IF YOU thought the Internet was an area where entrepreneurs with drive and vision could forever change the fundamental rules of an industry, you're too late, those days are gone already.
THE South West is WA's most diverse regional economy. The region's wealth of attractions, including national parks, forests, beaches and wineries, make it the most popular regional tourist destination for local, interstate and overseas visitors.
Dampier Salt, Australia's largest manufacturer and exporter of salt, recently completed a $3 million project to prevent corrosion for the next 25 years of a tunnel and conveyor system at Mistaken Island, near Dampier.
Maid Perfect was launched last year by Lorna Good as a follow-on to her well-known Flying Domestics business.Flying Domestics is a casual cleaning service, while Maid Perfect is aimed at servicing larger homes on an ongoing basis.
THE Mid West region is truly a big slice of WA. Covering 470,000 square hectares, from the coast into the farming wheatbelt, through the pastoral hinterland to the mining centres in the east, it comprises almost one fifth of the state.
NEW electronic business solutions launched recently in Bunbury will sharpen the competitive edge for small-to-medium businesses supplying goods and services to the WA Government.
TOURISM is by far the Gascoyne's fastest growing sector, offering great investment opportunities. In 1996 more than 217,000 tourists visited the region, generating $57.6 million in revenue.
A SURGE of new iron ore mine development has occurred across the Pilbara region, both to meet an increasing demand by the world integrated steel makers and replace depleting resources.
That looked like Jervoise Bay development supremo Bruce Sutherland with wife Noel cruising off Fremantle aboard a classic wooden powerboat – on a weekday.
MINING as an industry in the Gascoyne hosts many investment and exploration prospects. Gypsum mining and on-site processing at Lake Macleod, and limestone mining near Learmonth will augment the region's mining activity in the short term.
