THE social services sector in Western Australia is at breaking point, with skyrocketing staff costs and increased difficulty attracting new recruits, according to those on the front line.
HIT by the high cost of feedstocks, biofuel players Mission Biofuels Ltd and Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd are seeking to adapt their strategies as rising agricultural product prices disrupt their business models.
AFTER 13 years in the UK and Dubai cooking for A-list celebrities and royal identities, chef James Webster has returned to Perth to launch his new chain of grab-and-go food concept stores.
COMMERCIAL air travel within Western Australia is expected to contribute 804,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere this year, or enough to fill 9,906 six-metre sea containers, according to a new study.
IT'S an exclusive industry reserved for the super-rich, and Western Australia is right in the thick of the action as a supplier of some of the world's best super-yachts.
TEAM members from the WAbased 5 Senses and European Foods made quite an impression at the latest AustralAsian Specialty Coffee Association Championships, held on May 3 and 4 in Melbourne.
IT may not be considered a sexy commodity compared with the likes of iron and gold, but the rapidly growing importance of potassium and phosphate is attracting the focus of a number of resource companies based in Western Australia.
WHILE there's a push from some quarters to bring more high-yielding tourists to the state's South West, I was interested to notice the attitude of the locals towards this on a recent trip to Dunsborough.
WHILE growing numbers of major international fashion labels are making their way into Perth's most stylish fashion address, King Street, two Perth fashion entrepreneurs are putting their own unique stamp on the strip.
THE University of Western Australia will appeal against a Federal Court decision which ruled in favour of intellectual property claims by its former employee, Dr Bruce Gray, founder of Sirtex Medic
A RAPID decline in North Sea oil field reserves has prompted at least 70 British and Norwegian companies to establish operations in Western Australia during the past decade.
NOW in its sixth year, the Rising Stars Awards is a program aimed at private Western Australian-based companies that are experiencing fast and exciting growth.
PERTH'S rapidly developing cuisine and coffee culture has been spun-off into the virtual world, with a small group of food bloggers now posting their personal views online.
PERTH'S hotel market may be the busiest in the world, but despite record occupancy rates and growing demand for hotel rooms, no new major hotel developments are planned for the city.
Henderson-based shipbuilder, Strategic Marine Pty Ltd, has won the WA Business News 2008 Rising Stars Award on the back of a seven-year growth campaign.
Worth a tamper
ACCORDING to Greg Pullman, manufacturer of the Greg Pullman tampers, Western Australia is a very progressive state when it comes to all things coffee.
AFTER 33 years in the steel industry and having grown the family business into one of the state's biggest names in steel retailing, former Midalia Steel managing director Geoff Midalia has taken a completely different tack with his newest business venture
IN just four years, Osborne Parkbased Powertech has become a formidable completions service provider for the oil and gas, power, distribution and mineral resource industries in Australia.
SUBIACO-BASED architecture firm Hames Sharley has had two of its projects selected among the finalists for this year's Property Council of Australia innovation and excellence awards.
THE Perth operations office of telecommunications provider SOUL Communications, formerly B Digital, is understood to be closing down its local call centre following its parent's merger with a company that has offshore customer support operations.
FROM humble beginnings in a small shed in 1994, Bunburybased engineering and construction firm SWG Holdings has grown to become one of the state's key players in the industry.
AUTOMOTIVE manufacturers are facing unprecedented challenges with escalating costs, changing environmental regulations, and warnings about peak oil across the globe.
EAST Perth-based internet and telecommunications provider iiNet has returned to its acquisition strategy after a two-year layover, buying fellow Western Australian player Westnet for an $81 million ca
THE state government and construction group Mirvac have jointly committed $300,000 to a new arts funding mechanism to match first-time business partnerships between small-to-medium enterprises and
