Property Council vacancy figures for the CBD office market show Perth's vacancy rate has dropped to 13.4 per cent with 17,000 square metres of space newly leased in the six months to January 2005.
A home-operated business started in May 2003 by Jenny Spring so she could spend more time raising her children has become a global operation with forward estimate earnings of $4 million.
Amendments made last year to LandCorp's governing legislation enabling the agency to engage with the private sector has been the catalyst for several joint ventures with partners such as Mirvac Fini, BGC, and Doric.
Frankland River pioneers Merv and Judy Lange have received plenty of offers for their 110-hectare vineyard but they aren't interested in selling Alkoomi Wines just yet.
Mark Zoccoli is no stranger to the hospitality industry, having spent about 25 years in the game, primarily managing restaurants including A Room with a View, Observation City and, most recently, six years with popular Mt Lawley cafe Mille.
In a rare moment of candour after last year's Federal election, former Labor leader Mark Latham acknowledged that his party's policies had failed to keep pace with changing society.
Just a few weeks before going into hospital and, as it turns out, sealing his fate as Federal Opposition leader, Mark Latham was in Perth seeking answers to one of Labor's great challenges – how to win over the small business vote.
Despite the Latham imbroglio and State Labor's dismal scores in several opinion polls held late in 2004, a surprisingly large number of senior Liberals – MPs and rank-and-file – believe Gallop-led Labor is still likely to sneak home in the coming election
What would a WA election be without a big ticket prize for the people. So far, we haven't seen anything to rival past elections. There have been higher wages promised for nurses, and more police on the beat.
The latest statistical snapshot of the small business sector has highlighted the emergence over the past decade of home-based businesses, which account for 72 per cent of the 139,500 small businesses in Western Australia.
The number of small business lobby groups in Western Australia has ballooned over the past year, and while all cover similar issues they represent different parts of the small business community.
While women remain a minority in senior management and around boardroom tables, Western Australia has produced several leaders in their fields. Marsha Jacobs talks to some of this State's top performers.
Communications company Vodafone has emerged as one of the major winners from the Western Australian Government's new Mobile Telecommunications Contract.
The much-debated sinking of the rail line that divides the CBD and Northbridge is predicted to send property prices upwards and inject much-needed life into the neglected precinct.
