FOR the second year running Perth has claimed first place in the annual Deloitte Hotel Occupancy Global Ranking index, cementing its position as the number one performer in worldwide hotel occupancy rates.
THE scarcity of credit is clearly top of mind for Western Australia's business elite, with strong concern about the role of the banking system during this ongoing financial crisis.
SHORT-TERM thinking copped a big serve from the entrepreneurs, several of whom felt it was the true villain in what has taken place in the global economy during the past six months, including the issue of executive remuneration.
FARM chemicals company Imtrade Australia believes its new sales management team is poised to build on its 25 per cent per annum growth and challenge its major competitors.
THE Indian Ocean was the great 'silk sea route' Australia's great new frontier and, in many respects, its future, a report launched last week has concluded.
EXPANDING from one office to three in the past two years has helped cement Northbridge-based town planners Greg Rowe and Associates as one of the largest firms of its kind in the state.
The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
THE Australian Tax Office has fired a warning shot at Australia's wine industry, cautioning growers, producers, wholesalers and retailers to act legitimately in light of the examination of two specific tax arrangements.
ALMOST all of the failed bidders are pleased with the federal government's surprise decision to set up a company that will build a high-speed national broadband network (NBN), with criticism coming from one failed NBN bidder.
HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Austal this month secured $220 million worth of contracts, one for the construction of the largest catamaran ferry in the company's history.
The international education sector is worth almost $840 million to Western Australia and employs more than 2,200 people across the state, according to a new Access Economics report.
OIL and gas company Otto Energy will rely further on its directors for support after it reduced its capital raising efforts amid uncertainty from a lapsed BHP Billiton deal.
GOLD is seen as an attractive investment due to its strong performance in a down turning economy, but one senior economist has warned the good times will not last forever.
JOB service providers in Western Australia have painted a positive picture of the federal government's $4 billion Job Network overhaul despite reports to the contrary.
In the first of a four-part series Mark Pownall looks at the role of ‘big-project vision’ in our state’s development and introduces the first of four visionary proposals for WA.
INNOVATIVE fundraising events are becoming increasingly important for benevolent organisations in light of the decline in income from traditional fundraising appeals, as reported in last week's WA Business News.
A CITY of 1 million people located in the Pilbara.It's the sort of idea that makes people stop and think and, more often than not, baulk at the immensity of the proposal.
THE provision of non-landfill or 'alternative' waste management is a growth business in Western Australia, as population centres expand and infrastructure reaches capacity.
Two Perth-based resource companies, Paramount Mining Corp and Prosperity Resources, will focus on projects in Indonesia in a bid to achieve early cash flow.
Western Australia has topped a survey of businesses intending to pursue acquisitions in the next three years as the global downturn lowers the price of competitors.
Perth-based engineering firm Macmahon Holdings and joint venture partner Leighton Holdings has secured a $500 million BHP Billiton contract for work on the miner's Rapid Growth Project 5 at the Pilbara iron ore operations.
The first phase of the state and federal governments' plan to boost social housing stock in WA is set to start with 286 houses, valued at $70 million, to be built by mid next year.
