BUSINESS confidence in Western Australia has hit record lows as the global economic uncertainty starts to impact owners, two separate surveys have found.
THE tourism industry was underwhelmed last month when Geoff Carmody described his report on the impact of the global financial crisis on the sector as one of the most downbeat since his first analysis in 1984.
HE doesn't care for hospitality awards.If you've overstayed your welcome, he's not afraid to usher you out the restaurant's door. He unabashedly admits he's in it for the money, although he does love the industry and concedes the margins are small.
Eddie Smith boosted his interest in Impress Energy for a scant 3 cents, buying 200,000 shares at a cost of $6,000, to bring his total securities to $67,046,937.
MALCOLM and Pauline Tew joke that they have the perfect combination of brains and brawn, combining 50 years of experience in international tourism and hospitality between them.
WHILE there are plenty of people sighing with relief that the BHP Billiton takeover of Rio Tinto fell in a heap, the Note was amused to hear one unexpected reason.
THE recent encroachment of Chinese producers into the state's resource sector has brought into question the value of shareholder returns, with cost plus off-take deals playing into Chinese hands.
THE Christie's broker who sold an 1863 double magnum of Chateau Lafitte to Howard Park founder Jeff Burch and his friend was horrified to find out they drank it.
DURING the past two months there has been an unprecedented wave of bad economic news and plunging business confidence; but just how bad is Western Australia's economic outlook? Many people ask rhetorically why there is so much gloom in the local business
GLOBAL engineering and environmental services firm Golder Associates has opened a new laboratory in Osborne Park to extend its testing service capabilities.
THE recruitment industry is anticipating increased demand for its services as the global economic crisis forces companies to slash jobs and laid-off employees seek professional agencies to resume employment.
ACCESS Economics co-founder Geoff Carmody’s assessment of the impact of the global economic crisis on the state’s tourism industry made for some pretty sobering reading.
THE failure of one commercial venture could provide a boost for a new and potentially much larger venture at the University of Western Australia, which is the likely headquarters of a $20 million radio astronomy research centre.
AGRICULTURE and Food Minister Terry Redman met Malaysia’s Minister for Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Dato Mustapa Mohamed, in Perth last week to discuss expanding the livestock trade.
IT seems one of the final sanctuaries from that ubiquitous modern-day technological wonder, the mobile phone, is about to be breached as airlines operating within Australia consider allowing the full-blown use of in-flight connectivity.
LAST week, State Scene outlined how Australia would have become a true democracy if the 1891 draft constitution of South Australia's democratic-minded premier, Charles Kingston, was adopted.
KWINANA-BASED engineering and fabrication company Ausclad Group epitomises the challenges facing Western Australia's mining services companies: just when it completed the recruitment of a new senior management team, two of its clients have suspended major
THE National Australia Bank’s Business Planning Survey has revealed an alarming level of complacency amongst the state’s small business owners when it comes to planning for the future, with 87 per cen
THE company behind the redevelopment of the old Swanbourne Hospital site says it will review its position following the State Administrative Tribunal's decision to back the City of Nedlands' rejection of the proposal.
Embattled technology developer Structural Monitoring has raised over $1 million through a rights issue, enough to keep the company going on a reduced cost basis.
