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.
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.
LandCorp and Stockland have together received a national award for the South Beach Estate, the only Western Australian winner at the Urban Development Institute of Australia Awards.
The parent company of WA lead miner Magellan Metals has taken steps to clarify misleading statements by Griffin Mining, which has dropped its proposal to acquire the Canadian company.
Fortescue Metals Group boss Andrew Forrest and his executives did not mislead investors by overstating agreements with Chinese parties, a Western Australian court has been told.
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Wesfarmers and Woodside Petroleum have continued to lead the rebound in value of Western Australian listed companies, delivering a combined increase in capitalisation of more than $5 billion during March.
The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut the official cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3 per cent has been hailed as a "very smart" move by economists.
Specialist cigar business, Devlin's Cigar Divan, will be forced to close its Perth and Subiaco stores if an amendment to tobacco laws is passed by parliament.
A shortage of industrial land throughout Perth has both national and international companies considering a relocation to Balcatta as an industrial site is sold for more than $7 million.
Substantial growth in the state is projected to return in the medium to long term following a decline in demand over the next few years, a new study has revealed.
East Perth-based Coretrack has teamed up with two international petroleum companies, Halliburton/DBA and Baker Hughes INTEQ, to advance its "intelligent" core-drilling technology for the oil and gas industry.
