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The lighter note

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Tax-linked downsizing

Sonic’s Prime purchase to boost presence

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LISTED giant Sonic Healthcare has moved to increase its share of the occupational medicine market by buying Osborne Park-based Prime Health Group for an undisclosed sum.

Bitten by the bug

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WA Local Government Association president Troy Pickard has long had a hands-on approach to community involvement.

Get to know your relations

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KREAB Gavin Anderson and SAS Group are two of the latest additions to the government and public relations sector servicing the burgeoning Western Australian market.

Winners in a league of their own

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ASKING guests to enter a black-tie dinner function through the loading dock was a sure sign the 2010 WA Business News 40under40 awards would continue a tradition of innovation.

Confidence a must-have in fashionable circles

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WITH talk of a national economic recovery thanks largely to Western Australia's resources industry, it is perhaps to be expected that those in the state's fashion business are seeing the benefits on their own spreadsheets.

Mandurah cafe plays to its Eureka moment

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A historical connection has paid dividends for the owners of a Mandurah cafe. Adam Orlando reports

Enthusiasm a local feature

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AN influx of new feature film and television productions in Western Australia has prompted one local producer to claim that Perth could become the next Hollywood.

Bannister Downs MD tops 40under40 awards

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Entrepreneurial dairy producer Suzanne Daubney heads a stellar list of winners in the 2010 WA Business News 40under40 awards.

A glove for every occasion

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IN 2005, recognising a gap in the worldwide market for safety gloves, 1st Amongst Equals finalist Damione Wright established Ironclad gloves through his Carlisle-based business, Wrights HardWear.

Winners all in tight contest

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WHEN I first chaired the judging for the WA Business News 40under40 Awards in its inaugural year, 2002, the prevailing view was that we would struggle to find a constant supply of talent to match the nominees and winners of that first year.

40 Under 40 winners

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40 Under 40 winners

Helping hand for society’s most vulnerable

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ANYONE who has started a business knows how tough it can be, even when the product sells itself and people are queuing around the block to become clients.

Daubney shows she’s got the white stuff

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The 2010 1st Amongst Equals winner has built a successful brand by taking a different approach than her competitors.

Micro financier’s indigenous focus

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LENDING based on character assessment is not the norm in Australia but Many Rivers – the new branch of Opportunity International Australia (OIA) – is adopting this method to provide its micro finance services to indigenous Western Australians.

From PhD to provedore

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WHY would a child immunology PhD graduate and recipient of a rarely awarded scholarship cease their medical science research to pursue a career as a gourmet food and wine provedore and restaurateur?

International deal for Phylogica

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SUBIACO-BASED drug discovery firm Phylogica has announced an agreement with Europe's largest pharmaceutical company, Roche, to evaluate the firm's disease-attacking technology.

Setting a new course for growth

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A DECADE ago when Georgiana Lenzo bought a small commercial laundry service, she never envisaged that the state’s mining boom would cause her so much distress while simultaneously bringing business success.

Locals help UWA reach out

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AS global competition among universities heats up, one local institution is not shy to tap its alumni and other leaders on the shoulder to help deliver on its ambitions.

Buswell brouhaha a storm in a teacup

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IT is with some trepidation that I leap in to defend politicians & allowances in the wake of a $240 mistake by Treasurer Troy Buswell in claiming for accommodation in Perth.

Family affair

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Many winemakers suggest their passion for wine courses through their veins but few have the pedigree to prove it.

Coffey finds answers in Q&A

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GLOBAL environmental and social impact assessment consultancy, Coffey Natural Systems, has bought Perth-based firm Q&A Communications Group for an undisclosed sum.

Pilbara Access walking its talk

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IN just two years, Pilbara Access Management Solutions WA has increased its turnover 14-fold, from $1.

Mining with a conscience

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David Flanagan takes a long-term view of his company's role in the broader community.

Expansion of health project pilot acros WA good medicine for the state

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Mark Pownall reports on Lyle Palmer's vision to place WA at the forefront of medical research.

Morrison goes to Hollywood

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SINCE Australian label Sass and Bide appeared on US television show Sex and the City, it has turned into a $100 million business.

Health concern sparks business overhaul

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SMALL business owners often feel the need to have input in every aspect of their business.

Trailcraft on the market

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BRETT Martin's ambitious attempt to build a major Western Australian manufacturing and retail empire has ended with voluntary administrators appointed to sell the boatbuilding assets of his Trailcraft Australia.

Flanagan heads a talented field of young business winners

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MORE than 750 people filled the front steps of Parliament House last month to witness one of Western Australia's most successful young mining entrepreneurs recognised in the WA Business News 40under40 Awards.

Turning tough times around

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SURVIVING under harsh circumstances is about recognising opportunity and exploiting it, playing to your strengths and changing the things around you.

YAA in the business of leadership

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YOUTH Achievement Australia has spent the past three decades developing programs aimed at empowering the nation's youth to become business leaders.

A talent for managing people

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FROM a sailing career that began at age 16 on the STS Leeuwin to becoming the first female and youngest ever offshore installation manager of an oil-producing facility, Suzannah Vaughan (pictured right) packed a lot into life.