Competition among advertising agencies in the design market and the failure of local resource companies to invest in design services were two of the many hurdles facing the sector in Western Australia, according to John Emery, principal creative director
Expressing a clear brand personality and a top-down acceptance of the importance of branding are key issues that need to be addressed, according to many of those who responded to the WA Business News survey.
Developers are making moves in the laid-back fishing town of Lancelin in the lead up to the state government's planned extension of the coast road between Lancelin and Cervantes, scheduled to begin next year.
A former Wesfarmers Premier Coal mine near Collie will reportedly be the first in Australia to be rehabilitated and transformed into a freshwater lake and premiere recreation area.
State Scene has an answer for those wondering what some former Australian prime ministers, ambassadors and even top spies do in retirement – they can become global consultants.
Our 2006 branding survey – the fifth since 2002 – is the most comprehensive to date and is probably the first to show a marked shift in sentiment in a major Western Australian brand.
Western Australia's dominant health insurance player HBF has shot up the ranks from fifth position last year to capture the prized number one spot in the WA Business News list of our state's most recognised brands.
The proposed Treasury Building development is not the only civic building courting controversy in Perth, following the announcement by Culture and the Arts Minister Sheila McHale of a $42 million performing arts venue to be built on the corner of Roe and
In the 18 months since his appointment as the state's government architect, Professor Geoffrey London has played a major role in the commissioning of a number of public building projects – some of them attracting considerable controversy among Perth's arc
Perth's industrial sales agents are being forced to ride out a land supply shortage across the metropolitan area as several factors combine to put further pressure on already diminishing stocks of three- and four hectare lots.
Landowners in the South West with property lying in the path of the Water Corporation's proposed 110-kilometre Yarragadee water pipeline received notice this month of the corporation's intention to clear a 20-metre wide corridor through paddocks.
Salinity may be the environmental threat that's top-of-mind among many Western Australians, but dieback is quietly carving a swath of destruction through forests and bushland in the South West, seriously affecting the biological diversity of the native ec
A CHANCE meeting in the middle of the tasting room one sunny Swan Valley afternoon has secured for Chesters Restaurant what wine marketers around the country are all struggling to achieve – export sales for Australian wine.
No doubt there are many people in Western Australia, State Scene among them, eagerly awaiting a copy of one-time Liberal leader Colin Barnett's forthcoming book, Black Swan, to see how he explains his loss at the February 2005 election.
I can't work out whether Premier Alan Carpenter has pulled a masterstroke of politics or blundered beyond compare with his talk of reserving gas for domestic use.
Western Australian A-League soccer club Perth Glory has appointed former Football West head Michelle Phillips as its CEO, adding to sweeping changes at the team which also has a new coach.
A small number of big companies, including Motorola, Westpac and defence contractor Raytheon, have received multi-million dollar incentives from the state government to establish or expand their Western Australian operations.
Australia's largest towel manufacturer, Canning Vale Weaving Mills, plans to close its manufacturing operations in Perth and lay-off 140 staff, despite having received $20 million in state and federal government assistance over the past eight years.
When communications company Motorola selected Perth as the site for a major software engineering centre, it was hailed as a breakthrough that would support the development of new industry in Western Australia.
The Court and Gallop governments offered nearly $10 million in financial assistance to four call centre operators in Western Australia with a success rate of just 50 per cent.
