RUNNING a DIY superannuation fund can be costly, time consuming and entails significant legal responsibilities.What, then, are the benefits that attract so many investors to DIY super?
THE advertising industry is currently facing one of its toughest times ever.While the cyclical nature of many major accounts underpins the market, analysts are talking about a fundamental change in the nature of marketing in WA.
MALAGA is moving away from its reputation as a sleepy hollow thanks to a business development boom.Osborne Park is rapidly becoming a retail, office and showroom precinct and land values are rising to match.
THERE is strong speculation that another ownership change at Allendale Square is close at hand, less than six months after Cape Bouvard Investments bought half of the building for $45 million.
SIDELINED industrial technology player Vostech is set to return to the field tomorrow after a $1.7 million equity raising, which has helped pave the way to a deal with creditors.
A JOINT venture between the Daily Mail Group and Australian Radio Network bought Perth’s newest commercial radio licence this week for just $25 million, a price well below market expectations.
MEATH Care is developing its Como aged care hostel and independent living centre to include 22 new accommodation units, a clubhouse and a hydrotherapy pool.
MAJOR structural changes are planned this week at South Perth-based financial services company Epic Asset Management, with cornerstone shareholder, stockbroking firm Montagu Pty Ltd looking to sell at least part of its stake.
IT is difficult to know which of the two prospective partners would’ve been more disappointed, at the time, by the failure of merger negotiations between Hotham Wines and Barrington Estate.
REMEMBER those airboards zipping around the Olympic arena during the opening ceremony? Like many of Australia’s great inventions, they were created in the industrial suburbs of Perth.
LIQUOR retailer Patrick Stephenson continues to profit from his Liberty Liquors venture, close to a year after selling the business to national supermarket giant Woolworths.
THE growing public awareness of environmental issues has led to the emergence of a type of property investor … those who are passing over trendy inner city apartments and townhouses in search of something greener.
SIXTEEN pillars in the Woodside building at number one Adelaide Terrace will undergo a sensational transformation under the creative direction of a team from Awesome Arts.
THE restaurant trade’s night of nights was held last month to celebrate excellence within the industry and to recognise the importance restaurants play in the Western Australian tourism economy.
BEING part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games has paid off for a number of WA companies.At least eight WA companies were involved with the Games in some form.
A COMBINATION of head lice, Shane Gould and a carefully deployed marketing plan has enabled a Margaret River business to develop a range of natural health products for Australia and the world.
OPTIMISM appears to be returning to the inner city apartment scene with the level of inquires in the $500,000-plus market increasing during the past month.
THE Fremantle Dockers, now even more firmly anchored at the bottom of the AFL ladder, run around every week with AlintaGas on the back of their jerseys. Is that causing angst for these long-time sponsors? Not a bit of it.
CHARLES Jamieson has resigned as managing director of Austrade. Austrade chairman Ross Adler announced the news at Austrade’s monthly board meeting in Sydney.
