Changing employee demands and a tight labour market are putting strains on human resource departments at many of Western Australia's large companies and government departments.
Companies in the resources industry have provided the best shareholder returns in Western Australia during the past three years, with only two of the top 10 performers outside the sector.
The strength of the Australian stock market and the buoyant returns enjoyed by investors have been highlighted in WA Business News' annual shareholder return feature.
Only 11 of Western Australia's mid to large-cap companies suffered a fall in their market capitalisation over the past three years, according to a recent review.
While the plantation timber industry is still in its early stages in Albany, existing infrastructure is already under pressure to deal with the volume of timber making its way to the port.
The companies that have achieved the strongest growth in market value over the past five years illustrate the breadth and depth of the resources boom currently being enjoyed in Western Australia.
Albany's plantation timber industry has sparked a surge of investment and opportunity. A balance of traditional and emerging industries is creating a strong foundation for growth in the Great Southern centre.
Western Australia's top dividend payers are the producers, providing goods and services, as opposed to those paying shareholders off on soaring share prices fuelled by rising commodity prices.
Nickel developer Western Areas is scheduling production by the middle of next year after already rewarding shareholders who have been in the stock for as little as two months.
If it was promoted on a Broadway billboard, Diggers and Diggers 2005 would have starred the vaudevillian duo Andrew Forrest and Michael ‘Lucky Legs' Kiernan, a Mongolian trapeze a
Western Australia's top politician and its most respected business leader have locked horns over economic and industrial relations reform. Mark Beyer reports.
After years of delay, the sale of Newcrest Mining's 22.22 per cent holding in the $1 billion-plus Boddington gold prospect could dictate whether the long-delayed project is finally able to proceed.
It seems common for deals to be struck between mining junior and major, or banker and miner, in Kalgoorlie pubs during Diggers and Dealers, and for gossip, share tips and takeover
Eating a meat pie and washing it down with a chilled brew while watching a game of rugby may sounds like a typical weekend for many Aussie blokes, but it's also the order of recognition for products of the top three emerging brands of 2005.
Not content to have notched up 100 years as a motoring organisation, the RAC is firmly focused on the future, currently undertaking a brand strategy review with The Brand Agency and international brand and design company Landor (Sydney office).
Woodside, Australia's largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company was ranked number three in this year's WA Business News most successful corporate brands survey.
The big names have maintained their hold on the top of WA Business News's branding survey, while a new corporate brands category focuses on the big end of town. Jane McNamara reports.
Little Creatures Brewing Pty Ltd in the heart of Fremantle has taken a patient approach to its business since it was established nearly five years ago, but it's a methodology owner Howard Cearns believes has worked and suited the company's brand and produ
The aggressive branding process for the Western Force started immediately the franchise was announced as the new player in the Super 14 rugby competition.
Leading Australian advertising figure and the architect of the Howard Government's election campaign advertising, Ted Horton, will speak at a WA Business News event to honour Western Australia's top brands.
Questions over the quality of brands in Western Australia arose during feedback to the 2005 WA Business News branding survey, which had the best participation rate of any in the exercise's four years
“I am not surprised that several of WA's most recognised brands are clients of ours,” The Brand Agency's chairman and chief executive, Ken James, said.
The Rick Hart advertising committee debated for several years whether to include the well-known Western Australian identity as part of its branding strategy – using the person and not just the name
The sharp spike in the price of uranium this year has led to an equally sharp spike in the number of listed companies professing to be uranium explorers or looking to spin-off their uranium assets through new floats
