Rod Mollett has wasted no time in his new role as president of the local chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in echoing calls for Perth to embrace what many claim is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Western Australian regional building and property group, Perkins Pty Ltd, has taken a 50 per cent stake in Perth-based swimming pool contractor, AVP Construction, which has a major foothold in Sydney.
The ongoing dispute between the Town of Victoria Park and the City of Belmont over the fate of Belmont Park racecourse will come to a head next week at what is expected to be a fiery round of public hearings.
It has been a long time since anyone thought seriously about investing in WA’s Wheatbelt region for the potential of a substantial future capital gain.
Matilda Bay Restaurant owner and general manager Warwick Lavis is in the midst of a $2 million overhaul of what many consider one of Perth’s best riverside restaurants.
Parking and security player, Wilson Parking, has bought its fourth Western Australian security agency in two years with the purchase of Shelf Security in Dampier, one of the north-west’s largest security agencies.
UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC has withdrawn from discussions surrounding a potential takeover bid for Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd, saying it had been unable to have meaningful engagement with the company.
The shortage of hospitality workers has hit crisis point, according to several tourism industry leaders, who say increasing the number of immigrants to work in the sector will help businesses grow and prevent service levels falling.
Tourism WA chair and restaurateur, Kate Lamont, believes Western Australia’s tourism promotion should be focused on markets that bring in big-spending tourists rather than attracting lots of low-spending ones.
A study looking at Perth’s hotel needs for the next 15 years is expected to reveal significant capacity constraints as the sector experiences its biggest growth period in two decades.
Former Perth Airport chief executive Graham Muir has called on current airport management to fast-track the development of an integrated domestic and international airport terminal in line with its now 20-year-old master plan.
The city’s taxi industry continues to plague the local tourism sector, with hotel owners and tourism business operators joining in a chorus of outrage over the standard of the service.
Perth’s latest large-scale office building boom could spell the end of slim-line office towers, as developers capitalise on the last remaining large lots in the CBD by designing towers which are wider and more efficient than any stock built in the city be
The increase in Perth industrial rents is showing no signs of easing this year in the face of soaring land values, building costs and competing land uses from commercial and retail sectors.
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The owners of Margaret River’s popular Vat 107, Jenny Spencer and Gary Cream, have recruited the services of London chef, Steven Black, to spearhead the development of their sister operation in Bunbury, Vat2.
An interesting aspect of what has been dubbed ‘triple-C-gate’, ‘Burkegate’, or ‘lobbygate’ by different media outlets is the expulsion of Labor high-flyers from cabinet and party ranks.
WA Business News invited some of the state’s leading tourism identities to discuss the key challenges facing the industry, and to offer a possible vision for the future of the sector in WA.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has announced plans to work with Singapore-based scaffolding company Presco Scaffolding and Services Ltd.
The current decision to end managed investment scheme involvement in any industry bar forestry has significant repercussions for rural Australia, not to mention the legion of city-based corporate types who have lived well off this system.
Watershed Premium Wines managing director Geoff Barrett said his company would turn to foreign investment to continue in its push to plant a total 240 hectares of vineyards.
Managed investment scheme promoter Rewards Group Ltd believes its close alliance with listed investment company, The Ark Fund Ltd, will reduce the adverse impact of recent tax changes on its non-forestry projects.
Western Australian builders’ co-operative, Wesbuilders, claims to have doubled its membership this summer as smaller builders find it tough to individually challenge the muscle of large volume project builders when it comes to accessing vital supplies.
