Having formerly been named among the most recognised and best corporate brands in Western Australia in WA Business News' previous branding surveys, the more recent fortunes of Alinta have taken a protracted and well-documented fall.
Microbrewers Gage Roads Brewing and Little Creatures have featured in the top five emerging brands in the WA Business News branding survey every year for the past four years.
Two advertising campaigns launched at the same time by the same agency have made iiNet and Murdoch University the most improved brands in this years' WA Business News branding survey.
The Perth Convention Bureau has engaged advertising agency Marketforce to develop a business events brand for Western Australia to promote better the state as an international meetings, incentive and convention destination.
Flicking through the professional recruitment pages, its clear to see the intense competition for candidates in the Western Australia's tight employment market.
Changing diets in the world's emerging economies and global food security issues could potentially present the local food industry with a wealth of opportunities.
Quintessentially, one of the world's most renowned private members' club and concierge services, is planning to open an office in Perth later this year.
The Western Australian food manufacturing industry is at a crossroads, with rising costs and a changing retail marketplace threatening the sector's future viability. Janelle Macri reports.
Counting her father, WorleyParsons Australian managing director Peter Meurs, as one of her mentors, it's little wonder 24-year-old Lisa Grinceri has achieved business success at such a young age.
The food industry has questioned the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture and Food's latest marketing campaign to encourage consumers to buy locally made products.
Drought in much of the country and rising commodity prices will ratchet up the pressure on the state's food manufacturing industry, the WA Business News forum heard.
The food-manufacturing sector requires urgent action from government if it is to remain viable in the future, according to industry representatives at the WA Business News forum.
When asked what he considered was the anniversary date of last year's Coles Group Ltd takeover, Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder nominates July 21 as the most appropriate.
When the resources boom hit its straps four or five years ago, many profitable mining services and mining technology organisations emerged in Western Australia with a renewed focus.
The state's resources boom has created a platform to launch many local specialist software companies into the international marketplace, creating a wealth of opportunities and demand for mining services technology.
If you're looking to combine some truly inspiring scenery with an inspired exercise effort, a hike through the Porongurup National Park should be top of the list.
For Morley-based food producer Mrs Mac's Pty Ltd, the gas crisis has put the company in a state of watchful alert, rather than caused significant disruption.
When you see the fishermen's shacks and what appear to be their shanty towns from the air above the Abrolhos Islands, it's hard to believe that they lie in the heart of a heavily protected nature reserve.
Microbreweries and candy factories may been the Swan Valley's most popular tourist attractions in recent times, but local wineries say that wine tourism is on the cusp of becoming serious business for the area.
Located on the sand dunes of the Cape Range National Park, just metres from Ningaloo Reef, the new Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef safari camp offers tourists a wilderness experience with a few creature comforts.
Walking up the gentle incline of the first street ever built in Western Australia to take in a sweeping vista of Albany's Princess Royal Harbour is like taking a step back in time.
The scale of the impact of the Varanus Island gas explosion is starting to emerge, with about 50 per cent of a large sample of companies in Western Australia reporting their production is down by 30 per cent.
