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SEVERAL independent supermarkets have launched a campaign to reduce the number of plastic shopping bags their stores use each year in light of the proposed 25-cent plastic bag levy.

PROPERTY owners and tenants are grappling with the costs of implementing increased security amid current global tensions and local crime patterns.

ONE week after surviving a threatened Aliquot Asset Management boardroom spill, Michael Perrott and Antony Rigoll have avoided a similar battle with shareholders at Phosphate Resources Limited by stepping down as directors.

THREE months after WA’s Commissioner of State Revenue announced a payroll tax amnesty in relation to ‘contractor’ payments, the issue is still causing disquiet in the business community.

PART of the folklore of Christmas Island revolves around the fire that swept through the union offices not long after the death of union secretary Gordon Bennett.

THERE are at least eight common law tests that can be used by the courts to decide if a worker is a contractor or an employee, according to law firm Deacons.

IT has been a long time coming but it seems the fight to deregulate our shopping hours is on in earnest.

Getting the right advice and using it well are essential when dealing with financial institutions, as Mark Beyer reports.

PHOSPHATE mining and tourism, the two economic staples of tropical Christmas Island – 2630 kilometres north-west of Perth – could be diversified.

GOVERNMENT and regulators must act to ensure standards in the financial planning industry are lifted, together with improved disclosure standards, according to the Association of

JOE Poprzeczny’s piece “University Law Outdated” (WA Business News, February 20) was spot on.

ACHIEVING real cost savings and improving staff efficiencies through the implementation of communications technology can be as simple as updating the phone system.

Managing a mobile workforce takes work, as Julie-anne Sprague reports. THE successful operation of a mobile workforce demands careful management of a company’s human and technical resources.

CAUSE-RELATED marketing is proving a valuable tool for businesses, according to a new survey by the Heart Foundation of Western Australia.

GATECRASHER Advertising has won a four-way tussle with 303 Advertising, JDA and Vinten Browning to handle a campaign for Diabetes Australia.

A NEW magazine has hit the streets with the aim of raising the profile of Western Australia’s graphic design industry.

NOT happy with the customer base his lotto kiosk in Belmont was drawing, Raj Selvendra decided to attract people from all over the city.

AUSTRALIA’S architectural firms are earning about 30 per cent of their annual turnover in export dollars, according to a national survey conducted by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

THE creation of a vibrant village atmosphere is the impetus behind the waterfront piazza-style development for Port Bouvard’s Northport precinct approved last year.

There’s plenty of activity in Applecross as some familiar names bring a little more choice and flavour to the area, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

WHILE Valentine’s Day was more than a week ago, Gusto couldn’t go past some of these great-night-out stories.

IT has been a fascinating year at Christmas Island company Phosphate Resources Limited, which has been embroiled in a shareholder squabble since Como-based Asset Backed Holdings entered the company’s register in 2002 and its directors...

Rain, while desperately needed in the pastoral and cropping regions of the eastern States is proving to be a huge headache for winemakers, as David Pike discovers.

VANS Sidewalk Café has reopened under the ownership of Kevin McCabe and David Cooney.

At 33, Mark Da Silva has formed two marketing companies operating in two very different industries.

Lynette Margolius left a solid reputation and client list in the South African fitness industry to embark on a new journey in Perth.

The gap between Australian fizz and the best Champagne from France may be narrowing, but David Pike doubts we will ever match the masters.

In 1985 Andrew Ford and his business partner, Kyle Doonan, decided to open a small air-conditioning business. The pair used second-hand vans and second-hand tools.

The Zimbabwe World Cup Rugby squad member immigrated to Australia and began a new life on an extremely modest budget.

Our series on business lending this week turns its attention to cash flow lending, or debtor finance as it is also known. Mark Beyer reports.

Kevin Gallagher is responsible for planning offshore well operations throughout Australia.

Andrea Pearson discovered the beauty and value of freshwater pearls in China where she lived for four years.