Staff Reporters

Neil Wandel has been appointed as chairman of grain handler and marketer, CBH Group, following the retirement of long–standing board member and chairman Tony Critch.

THE ‘Benjamin Franklin close’ (also known as ‘the balance sheet close’) is one of the classic old-time sales tactics used to close a sale. Never heard of it? The scenario is this.

MORE than a third of companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange call Perth home, with more than 120 new Western Australian companies floating on the stock market this year.

Simon Majteles, Simon Rushton and Noelle Hossen have been appointed as senior associates at Lavan Legal.

LISTED ITC company, CSG Ltd, has bought Perth-based business consulting firm Change Corporation Pty Ltd for more than $20 million.

A1 Minerals Ltd - Peter Thomas has resigned as director. AuDAX Resources Ltd - Wolfgang Zimmer has been appointed as managing director.

IT seems one of Australia’s most authoritative economic commentators, CommSec, had way too much time on its hands this week.

Davey Real Estate Scarborough has appointed Tim Schifferli as sales consultant.

THE state government has rezoned more than 700 hectares in Perth’s southern suburbs for residential development, adding to the number of projects on land to be serviced by the new Perth to Mandurah ra

Leadership Western Australia has appointed Dr Sue van Leeuwen as CEO, following the retirement of Dr Ian Reid.

CEDA has appointed Tom Baddeley as its new WA state director, replacing Lisa Scaffidi who gave up her CEDA role last month after being elected Lord Mayor of Perth.

Jane Ghiretti, previously executive director of consumer marketing with Tourism WA, has joined Gatecrasher as director of planning and strategy.

The seventh RIU Explorers Conference is to be held on February 12 and 13 at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle.

AUSTRALIA remains one of the safest countries in which to do business, the Dun & Bradstreet Global Risk Indicator has found.

The Property Education Foundation has appointed Phil Simpson, currently sales and marketing manager at Multiplex, as chairman.

ILUKA Resources will announce the retirement of Ian Mackenzie as chairman and a director of the company at its next annual general meeting, to be held in May 2008.

Kalgoorlie Chamber of Commerce’s Kitty Prodonovich has been re-elected president of the Regional Chambers of Commerce and Industries WA Inc.

EXPLORATION companies Navigator Resources Ltd and CityView Corporation Ltd have successfully completed share placements to raise $5 million and $10 million, respectively.

THE Greens have claimed Western Australia’s sixth Senate seat, taking to five the number of senators it will have in the federal parliament.

Associate Professor and head of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University, Prof Lee Hong, has been appointed to the Australia 21 board.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I

NEDLANDS-BASED mining software developer, ISS Group Ltd, has signed a purchase agreement and subsequent four-year maintenance and support contract with BHP Billiton Nickel West for its BabelFish suite

Started in 1967, the West Australian Opera Company has become one of the state’s most celebrated arts companies, producing work of an international standard.

AS The Note trawled through the mile-long list of award recipients for the year, it came across a worthy winner, which is the talk of green-thumbs all over Perth.

Bronwyn Peters has joined law firm Downings Legal as a senior solicitor in the firm’s commercial insurance practice.

THE MAC Services Group has been selected as preferred tenderer to build accommodation for more than 1,400 people in Karratha next year in a bid to ease the demand for short-term housing.

Shire of Collie deputy president John Borlini has been appointed to the South West Development Commission board.

VDM Group Ltd executive director Stuart Cuthbert has decreased his indirect interest in the company - held by Redmont Resources Pty Ltd - through the on-market sale of 1 million shares valued at $2.7

Rebecca Hameister has been appointed market analyst for Capitalis.

LEN Buckeridge’s BGC Construction has won a $73 million contract for the development of a basketball and athletics complex at AK Reserve, to replace facilities at Perry Lakes stadium.

Cyndi Gilbert-den Boer has been appointed as the WA representative for chemical manufacturer Sopura Australia.

The Greens have claimed Western Australia's sixth Senate seat, taking to five the number of senators it will have in parliament.