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Title: Chairman & CEO 

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA is holding a corporate luncheon with special guest speaker Leigh Clifford, March 9 at the Hyatt Regency.

Title: Executive directorBusiness: Technology companyTotal employees: 350

Title: General managerBusiness: Non-campaign advertising specialistTotal employees: 30

Title: CEO 

The decision to sell the family home to fund a new business, with two children under three years of age, was one Julie Smith-Massara did not make lightly.

Title: Executive directorBusiness: Production houseTotal employees: 16

Title: Equity principal and discipline leader, landscape architecture, PerthBusiness: Multi-disciplinary design practice

Title: Managing director 

The entire team at WA Business News is proud to introduce the 2007 class of 40under40 winners. They are a remarkable group of individuals who, through sheer determination and passion, have worked hard to achieve their goals and objectives.

Title: Managing directorBusiness: Strategic planning servicesTotal employees: 15

Title: Chief executive officerBusiness: Engineering, construction and contracting companyTotal employees: 82

Title: Executive dean 

The venue for this year’s 40under40 Awards gala has a touch of the exotic, and certainly a touch of class about it.

Title: DirectorBusiness: Physiotherapy services and careTotal employees: 50

Title: General managerBusiness: Engineering servicesTotal employees: 16

Title: Managing director 

Matt Birney says no to Omodei, Howard says no to Obama, Obama says 'Oh yeah?', Carpenter says yes to homebuyers, Roberts says yes in Halls Creek and McGinty has a think in this week's View from the Arch - with Aged Care, the Murray-Darling and more

Western Australia’s remarkable run of good economic news continued this month with the unemployment rate falling to the lowest level since official records started 30 years ago.

State Scene dislikes pooh poohers – those who, just for the heck of it, pull down everything others feel nice or comfortable about.

Regrets abound in financial markets, especially when share prices fall sharply. But what about shares that rise sharply; can anyone have regrets about that?

The state’s South West has long been the playground of choice for the suits on the terrace. They have, over the years, bought beach shacks and either embarked on massive renovations or demolished and rebuilt.

Emirates is hoping to capitalise on expected growth in the Australian travel market by increasing its capacity and doubling the frequency of its flights to 98 a week over the next seven years.

Dan Pannell stopped sending his Picardy wine to Qantas years ago after seemingly failing to secure a plum spot on the airline’s wine list.

Got a spare $10,000 and some time off? WA Business News has sourced some of Western Australia’s finest private holiday homes, boasting sweeping views along the South West and Great Southern coastlines and the latest in designer interiors and appliances.

Opera in the park - Supreme Court Gardens will come alive on Friday February 16 at 8.30pm with the City of Perth’s 16th edition of the Opera in the Park presenting Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.

Health retreats have typically evoked images of preening and pampering, with cucumber facial treatments, mud wraps and massages that last for hours.

Michelin star chef Spencer Patrick has worked in some of London’s most exclusive restaurants, but since January he has called Western Australia home.

Considered among the most expensive strata resorts in the South West, Karma Resort Margaret River is planning to increase the number of luxury villas on its 19-hectare estate.

Favourite holiday destination? - “I travel a great deal and experience very different countries and cities, but for my wife, Leanne, and me, Venice retains a special attraction. It has retained its magic largely unspoiled by our 21st century commercial w

Despite talk of a softening housing market in Western Australia this year, there is still no relief on the horizon for developers from rising construction costs, higher wages and material shortages.

Several not-for-profit organisations in Western Australia have made management changes at an executive level in the early part of the year.