Despite the high wealth levels currently being generated across a range of industries in Western Australia, many technology start-up firms are shutting up shop and looking elsewhere to secure funding.
A host of Western Australian companies received almost $32 million in federal government AusIndustry Commercial Ready grants last year, representing around 19 per cent of total approvals nationwide.
Occupying rare earth between the Swan River and the Indian Ocean, North Fremantle's industrial precinct is the target of an urban rezoning push, which has local landowners calling in the architects.
Keeping up with Western Australia's powerhouse economy is presenting a number of critical challenges for the building and construction industry, not limited to labour shortages, cost blow outs and planning delays.
Situated halfway between Geraldton and Kalbarri, the sleepy coastal hollow of Horrocks is waking up to new development opportunities as demand for coastal land intensifies.
Perth-based real estate entrepreneur Mark Woschnak is taking his first steps into the realm of online property marketing, launching a website dedicated entirely to the Australian rental property market under the domain rent.com.au.
Has Wesfarmers become just another tired, diversified industrial, destined for the knacker's yard, or is it one of the best investments on the stock market, destined to disappear
The state government has effectively gifted a parcel of land valued at $2.2 million to the Alzheimer's Association of WA to help the association generate cash flow for the establishment of a new research centre.
Ian Love has been a master of the hospitality game for the past 30 years, with much of that time spent at the iconic Coco's Riverside Bar and Restaurant on the South Perth foreshore.
Elmar's in the Valley plans to broaden its wine list after successfully convincing the Liquor Licensing Authority to change conditions on its liquor licence.
THE Note can't resist indulging in some low-key bragging when the occasion permits; particularly when a story is launched by this newspaper and goes on to make a splash elsewhere.
Concerns over the depletion of fossil fuels, climate change and air pollution have led to a heightened interest in renewable energy projects in Western Australia.
With the realisation that Western Australia's current resources boom will eventually come to an end, the state government has placed considerable emphasis on developing WA as a hub for innovation and industrial development.
Business may not think investigating the eyesight of a parrot has much to offer them. But for Western Australia's new chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, there are very real applications for industry.
Axiom Properties Ltd has announced two projects, including a child care centre in Brighton, as part of a strategic alliance with its major shareholder, Pivot Group.
The State Government's health promotion authority Healthway has committed $415,000 in funding to an event sponsored by Leeuwin Estate winery and Tooheys Extra Dry, one day after revealing concerns with sharing billing with fast food companies.
Alinta has revealed that its chief executive officer, Bob Browning, is stepping down from the top job amid growing criticism of a conflict of interest in the wake of a management buy-out proposal.
The WA Association for the Blind is approaching the final stages of building a new $15.4 million facility for the blind or vision impaired, to be located on the organisation's existing land in Victoria Park.
With the population of Margaret River estimated to almost triple by 2031, the Shire of Augusta Margaret River has embarked on an ambitious town planning strategy to ensure its village charm is not blighted by future urban growth.
The South West village of Cowaramup is gearing up for a spate of residential development activity as a handful of long-term land owners in the area prepare to subdivide their properties.
Margaret River has lived up to its reputation as Western Australia's summer holiday boom town, with the 2006-07 tourist pilgrimage easily soaking up the additional beds and dining tables that popped up during a flurry of accommodation and restaurant openi
The past year was a boom time for many businesses and investors, yet ironically it was characterised as much by failed deals and lost opportunities as it was by successful transactions.
About 20 stockbrokers turned their backs on their big-name employers last year to establish new firms in a bid to capitalise on WA's booming resources sector.
The owners of The Mill Bakehouse on Fremantle's cappuccino strip have set up a bigger sister operation on Norfolk Street offering a similar menu to the popular cafe on South Terrace.
Euroz Securities has for the first time knocked Patersons Securities off its position as the top stockbroking firm in Perth for equity capital raisings.
Major players making major deals was the dominant feature of Perth's commercial office market in 2006, as yields and office vacancies tightened and rents skyrocketed.
