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THE founder of hip St Georges Terrace coffee shop Rosso Espresso is looking to open a similar outlet in South Perth. Michael de Marte, who also owns Café Bocca with his brother, Frank, has signed the lease for a property on Mends Street, South Perth.

A TECHNOLOGY Park start-up claims to have produced a world first in its field and is preparing to take its solution to market at a fraction of the cost of current market offerings.

IT’S easy to forget that, tucked-away between both Burke Governments (1983-88) and the 36-month Lawrence Government (1990-93), an even shorter-lived Labor administration existed.

MAILING house Post Data has beaten a field of advertising agencies to win the gold award at the inaugural Australia Post WA Direct Mail Awards.

WHAT type of future do you want for your children and grandchildren? What sort of place is Australia going to be in 10, 20 or 50 years?

FDI decided that a matrix framework would provide a useful integrated systems analytical tool.

FUTURE Directions International Pty Ltd (FDI) is a leading independent, not-for-profit corporation established to conduct comprehensive, integrated research and analysis of important medium to long-term issues facing Australia.

THE Indian Ocean region faces increasing strategic competition and a range of transnational maritime security challenges.

VIRTUAL villains are turning the Internet into a battleground.

THE images of Iraq one sees on our TV screens are accurate. The streets are strewn with rubble and rubbish and war-damaged buildings are almost always in view.

THERE has been a marked increase in local activity in the Voice over Internet Protocol market as VoIP business models emerge in the US, Europe and Japan.

AGE discrimination in employment and the extension of working life are now high on the agenda of governments and, increasingly, of business, both driven by cost/benefit considerations.

A TECHNOLOGY that has the potential to cut business telephone bills by around 90 per cent has obvious appeal.

POLICY governing investment in Australia’s long-term energy supply and related environmental sustainability must reflect public interest needs, not just market-based paradigms, if it is to deliver the right outcomes for all Australians.

It seems the word is well and truly out on the good food and atmosphere at Soprano’s in South Perth, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

THE new leadership of Western Australia’s largest industrial company could be announced next week after Wesfarmers’ annual strategic planning conference.

MT Lawley’s popular Spanish restaurant Flamenco’s has been sold.

WEST Coast Group has continued its rapid growth with the recruitment of former Mellon State manager Adrienne Hall.

I DON’T mean to bore regular readers with an endless repetition of my views on a select group of topics but I have to write a brief note to reiterate a point I have made several times about immigration.

A MAJOR shift in recruitment advertising is under way, resulting in reduced media spends for employers and more profitable project work for advertising agencies.

WESTERN Australia’s Liberal Party literally has a ‘backroom boy’ on staff to help topple Gallop-led Labor.

A STRONG period of staff growth and the need for offices that better reflect the nature of the practice have prompted major accounting firm Deloitte to relocate its Perth operations from Central Park to Woodside Plaza.

SPECULATION that the State Government will offer stamp duty relief in the budget on May 6 has prompted industry groups to intensify calls for further easing of the burden on property buyers

AUSTRALIAN Gypsum Industries is looking to turn its familiarity with the local industry into a marketing advantage across a range of products.

FAVOURABLE market conditions and strong demand for qualified graduates have led to strong interest in Curtin University’s property degree.

WATER, the ageing population, energy and global trade are all issues regularly touched on by WA Business News.

THE intellectual property clauses of the recently negotiated Australia-US Free Trade Agreement are causing concern to some in the ICT and software development industry.

THE push to create a Western Australian-based annual information communications technology showcase has gained momentum with almost half of available space booked at the ambitious Comm-IT WA exhibition and conference.

MJB&B Advertising and Marketing has secured a three-year deal to spearhead marketing initiatives for the Western Australian Cricket Association.

A 17-year association between one of Perth’s best known restaurateurs and one of its top chefs looks to be paying dividends at their latest venture, the Bluewater Grill, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

UMBERTO Tinelli plans to open a new restaurant, having told Gusto last week of his bid to acquire JoJo’s River Restaurant.

Investment in exploration has remained relatively stagnant in recent years, prompting the Federal Government to consider providing initiatives to kick-start activity in the industry, as Jim Hawtin and David Gibson report.