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A MINISTRY of Housing forecasting group has tipped WA dwelling commencements will fall 30 per cent in the coming year before recovering some ground in the following year.In the first six-monthly report into the future of the housing industry, the Housin

ORBITAL Engine Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with US company Delphi Automotive Systems to cooperate on the market development and supply of direct fuel injection systems for worldwide automotive applications.

FREMANTLE-based Prospero Productions has won the Golden Spire for Television (Current Events) award at the 2000 San Francisco Inter-national Film Festival for its one-hour documentary Paying for the Piper.

PERTH powertool and technology company Arbortech is one the WA firms most likely to strike gold from its involvement in the Olympic Games.

WA know-how has produced the goods again.From the construction of the showpiece for the biggest sporting event in the world to providing embroidery on souvenir towels, WA firms have helped Olympic organisers stage the world’s biggest sporting event in S

A SUPERBLY crafted Margaret River cabernet sauvignon/merlot from Moss Brothers is due for release soon.

Alinta PO releasedPrivate investors will have the opportunity to buy some of the 55 per cent of WA gas utility AlintaGas until October 6.

THE local film industry is recovering from four days of film screenings, award ceremonies and networking at the 2000 WA Screen Awards.

THERE is no doubt the judges at the 23rd Sheraton WA Wine Awards on Tuesday night were impressed by exhibits from the lesser-sized wineries because the 2000 event was basically a small winemakers’ show.At a presentation dinner in the new Grand River...

PERTH-based Endeavour Health Care Limited has announced plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year.Endeavour managing director Garry Garside said the company was established to provide health care practitioners with equity part...

WA’S newest telecommunications carrier Swiftel Ltd has started its Perth roll-out of fibre optic cable.The new high-capacity Allwave fibre cable will be initially laid in Perth’s central business district and has the capacity to deliver data at up ...

THE Australian Wheat Board’s privatisation plans have stalled.

SEAPLANES may soon land on the Swan River again.

THE HUNT is on for a host for STW9’s new local game show Initial Reaction.

PIONEER Road Services Pty Ltd and Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd, through joint venture company RoadCare, have won a ten year contract with Main Roads to maintain around 1,500 kilometres of South West roads.

PERTH’S filmmaking fraternity is up in arms over a new Australian Securities and Investments Commission booklet that casts doubt on the effectiveness of tax-driven film investment schemes.

PERTH-based Swiftel Pty Limited has placed itself in direct competition with newly merged Amcom Telecommunications Limited.

ONE developer synonymous with the surge in inner city living from the beginning is the Fini Group.

THE value of Perth’s CBD retail properties have been affected by the boost in inner city living, says Stanton Hillier Parker leasing manager, Conray Passaris.

MORE than three quarters of the companies questioned in the latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey admit they are not GST-ready.

HOTHAM Valley, fresh from its $10 million spending spree in the South West, is poised to raise $4 million to $6 million in a public offering.

THE first commercial houseboat venture operating on the Swan River has been officially launched.

ONLINE share market investors’ forum HOTcopper’s initial public offering has been heavily oversubscribed.

KOOLJAMAN, a fully Aboriginal-owned West Kimberley tourism complex, has been named WA Indigenous Business of the Year for the second year running.

CORPORATE farming, once touted as the future of agriculture, seems to have lost its appeal.

The Australian Wheat Board hopes to be both a publicly listed company and Australia’s largest grain agribusiness within the next twelve months.

Businesses need to ease the process driven by technological change says National Competition Council president Graeme Samuel.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained an agreement for some advertising on the Australian Olives’ Internet site to be removed.

A UNIVERSITY of WA team is trying to find why many organisational change programs fail.

COMMERCIAL houseboats on the Swan River may soon be a reality. WA-based Hydrocats has been invited to lodge an application with the Swan River Trust to conduct a five-year trial of the concept.

WA ELECTRICAL goods manufacturers and importers may soon be able to prove their products meet the highest level of new Federal Government standards.

OMNITRONICS has won the Small Business of the Year and Business with Under 50 Employees categories at the recent Stirling Business Awards.