GRAINS marketer and rural services provider, ABB Grain Ltd, is extending its operations in the wool sector by agreeing to purchase Western Australian-based Standard Wool Australia’s broking and tradin
THE board of PharmAust has survived another shareholder vote on their tenure, with the majority of the pharmaceutical company’s shareholders agreeing to reinstate Simon Owen, Bryant McLarty and Henry
David Middlemas has been promoted to the position of national industry leader for property finance at St George Bank, having previously worked in the bank’s property finance team in WA.
Mike Hood – CEO of CRC Mining and head of the University of Queensland’s mining program; Frank Roxborough – professor emeritus, University of NSW; Bernhard Schimm – product manager for surface mining,
Envirogold Ltd is preparing for the commencement of construction of its 70 per cent owned Las Lagunas gold project in the Dominican Republic by making several management appointments.
NAVITAS Ltd, formerly IBT Education Ltd, has continued its rapid growth by acquiring the University of Melbourne’s Hawthorn English Language Centre for $4.73 million.
HAVE you ever heard the phrase, ‘he went the extra mile?’ I want to talk to you about the extra mile in a way that you might understand it and use it to build customer loyalty.
THE Bank of Queensland has long trumpeted the synergies and cultural similarities between it and Western Australian takeover target Home Building Society.
David Hobbs has been appointed CEO for WA and the Northern Territory for Professionals Real Estate Group. Mr Hobbs was previously business development manager for Broadwater Hotels and Resorts in WA.
Ukrainians in knockout ConsMin bid; Rudd test as chinese consider Rio Tinto bid; WA miners urged to go Dutch by importing Polish workers; Business reform to be fast-tracked; Palmer drops bid to sack Arc board
Burke says he helped Premier win poll; Mid-West hopeful braces for attack; This is final Tap, say dissidents; NAB back in the US with $900m deal; Tanner says Labor on top of sovereign wealth funds eyeing Australia's strategic assets
BHP boss rattles Rio Tinto's cage; Bosses in blitz to block AWAs; PwC snares adviser Gem; Class actions cloud Quantas' horizon; US feels power of cashed-up foreign funds
Top Perth pubs picked up for $190m Compass float; BHP fires barrage at regulators over policy; Anger as two states lift ban on GM canola; Rio in $500m drilling push to fill Pilbara export targets; Aussi shoppers get bad deal, says retail guru.
THE dispute over Western Power chief executive Doug Aberle’s annual bonus has been resolved, following negotiations between the utility’s chairman, Peter Mansell, and Energy Minister Francis Logan.
PERTH entrepreneur Dean Scook has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted in the District Court over a market deception scheme involving shares in a junior explorer in 1998.
LIKE the late Kerry Packer, the Note loves nothing more than seeing a team of Aussies soundly defeating all and sundry at the nation’s most uniformly embraced sport – cricket.
STOCKBROKING firm Goldman Sachs JB Were has started the process of rebuilding its Perth office by making four appointments, including the recruitment of Tait Farrow Azure co-founder Jason Farrow (pict
SIX international consortiums have lodged tenders for construction of Western Australia’s second seawater desalination plant at Binningup, north of Bunbury.
I’M sick of customer satisfaction. The worst companies in the world tout the fact that they won some satisfaction award. It’s not just a bad joke. It’s a pathetic statement.
ST John of God Health Care has appointed Anne Russell-Brown to the role of Group Director Social Outreach & Advocacy, to further develop and lead the group’s expanding outreach services and activities
Advanced Nanotechnology Ltd - Harold Clough has resigned as a director. Ampella Mining Ltd - Paul Wright has resigned as non-executive chairman and director.
ASCOT-BASED SeNevens International Ltd, the company behind the Safeties Nature Nappy, has revealed that it is the subject of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation.
The Note couldn’t help noting some strange coincidences when it comes to business names in WA. Last week we had a story on accounting firm M Squared – established by Craig Miller and Rob Moltoni.
