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NORTHBRIDGE’S Maya Masala restaurant has not been sold, according to its owner Sid Grewal, although there have been recent changes in management.

THE methodology used by business brokers to value businesses was roundly criticised at an accounting forum in Perth early this week.

Despite their comparatively short time in the wine industry, the couple behind Margaret River’s Cape Grace Wines must be doing something right, as a stack of awards in recent years suggests. David Pike reports.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA could lose out following recent changes in business migrant visa classes.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

MIGRANTS, especially skilled migrants, are good for WA, providing a much-needed boost to the domestic economy.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

THE development of the Gorgon gas field off Western Australia’s north west coast is shaping as the major test of the Gallop Government’s business-friendly credentials ahead of the next election.

POLITICIANS call it informing constituents. Journalists generally dub it, junk mail. Most voters refer to it as propaganda.

In the final instalment of a four-part series on technology leaders, Alison Birrane names names in WA’s mining technology industry.

Comfort and practicality are two of the secrets behind the success of a local footwear manufacturer, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

LAW firm Phillips Fox wants to leverage its recent sponsorship deal with the Fremantle Dockers to build a positive image of corporate citizenship.

HEAT shrink and insulation technology specialist Radiform is building its business with a skilled migrant at the helm of technical production and development.

WA is well served by 123 business migration agents, with more than one quarter of Australia’s business migration coming to the State. And the State’s southern half seems the most popular destination, with both the South West Development Commission...

THE cautious attitude of Australian immigration authorities is thwarting potentially large trade and business immigration markets from China, according to agents and organisations.

BUSINESS migration agents are expecting a decline in the number of business migration applications following changes to the business skills visa arrangements.

WA’S medical system is crucially dependent on overseas sponsored doctors.

UNIVERSITIES worldwide compete for research dollars and recognition to remain viable, and WA’s universities are no exception, advertising internationally to fill academic and executive positions with the best possible talent.

WESTERN Australia’s strata management industry could be set for big changes if key recommendations of a recently completed Government inquiry into the industry are adopted.

In this week’s look at demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook details the inner-city market and barriers that have slowed the development of a true inner-city lifestyle.

WESTERN Australia is becoming increasingly attractive to eastern States property investors with the number of east-coast investors purchasing property in the local

EVER since The West Australian newspaper ran Dullsville as its front page headline, there has been significant public debate about whether or not this is a great place to live.

INCREASING numbers of voters claim there’s no real difference between WA’s conservative Liberal and left-of-centre Labor parties.

WA Business News has won third prize for Best Newspaper, Small Tabloids at the Association of Area Business Publication’s Editorial Excellence Awards, announced at

Alison Birrane continues her four-week series on technology leaders by looking at the changing face of e-commerce and the major players in WA’s e-commerce sector.

AT a time when many processes are made to appear more savvy by way of an ‘e’ prefix, the term e-commerce is undergoing something of a rationalisation.

DESPITE launching its signature product just before the tech wreck, Perth-based company Brookstone Technologies is making a name for itself by supplying virtual off

THE pick of the property industry’s rising stars will receive recognition for all their hard work and achievements at the 2003 Future Directions Young Achiever Awards to be launched next month.

In this week’s first part in a new series examining the demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook looks at which Perth metropolitan suburbs and regional centres are performing and what is driving that growth.

CITY of Fremantle business attraction initiative, Fremantle Property Bank – an online database of commercial property available in the city’s CBD precinct – is expe

A consistent message and quality product have paid dividends for Annamaria Ogilvie and her food business, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

EVANS and Tate has renamed itself Evans and Tate Wine Group in an effort to better market its operations internationally.