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Many Western Australians have made a national and even international impression in their sporting pursuits, and a handful has also had a national impact in the business world.

After a partnership of 15 years, Stephen Reiffer and Paul Conti have restructured real estate agency Time Conti Sheffield into three separate businesses to allow for more specialised service and interests.

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In its occasional look at commercial property precincts, WA Business News this week gives an overview of the BankWest Tower.

The old saying that good things come in small packages could well be a marketing line for Baby Cakes, the Tuart Hill-based business of former pastry chef Sarah Brigden.

Diabetes Australia WA is the State branch of Diabetes Australia.

Western Australian telephone counselling service Lifeline has turned 10.

Unlike the full-time professionals of today's era, the sporting heroes many Western Australians grew up with had to juggle work and sport.

Western Australia's rapid economic growth and falling unemployment have created a rare opportunity for the State to rethink its industry policy.

The Gallop Government's recent reluctant admission that it won't continue pressing for fixed-term parliaments comes hard on the heels of its reneging on the proposed one-vote-one-value legislation.

While it was interesting reading, I was dismayed that an article written about the Western Australian potato industry by Tim Treadgold (“Propping up th

YOUTH IN FAMILY BUSINESS – Janine Dennison, MSA SECURITY

FIRST-GENERATION winner – MESSAGES ON HOLD

THIRD-GENERATION winner – GALVIN ENGINEERING

FOURTH-GENERATION winner – richard noble and CO

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Mark Pownall (independent chairman of judges)

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Low-carb diets may have changed the eating habits of some, but a little Aussie pasta shop in Dalkeith has maintained its winning formula, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

Wills Domain will be opening its new cellar door just in time for summer with the official ribbon cutting set for this November.

Family Business Awards Second-Generation winner – TCC GROUP

Warren Mead's Oyster Bar brand is poised for significant expansion in Western Australia and on the east coast.

I have been dwelling on the remarkable news of a couple of weeks ago that unemployment in Western Australia had dropped to 5 per cent in May – the lowest level since seasonally adjusted monthly data was produced in 1978.

Theft and vandalism on new home sites across Australia cost the housing industry more than $8 million a year.

Those who attended the University of Western Australia or even just toured its northern grounds probably know that the creation and initial development of that campus was primarily due to the efforts and funds of Irish-born Perth newspaper proprietor, Sir

I write to you having taken great offence at our omission from your recent two-page article featuring Western Australian diamond companies (WA Business News July 1).

Serviced office providers are being under-utilised in the Australian market, according to some in the industry, with much of that due to a misunderstanding of what the service entails.

Zorzi Select, the Zorzi Group's new boutique-focused subsidiary, will undertake its maiden project with the refurbishment of the three-storey former Westpac offices on the corner of Rockeby and Hamersley roads in Subiaco.

Proving that Australia is a nation of entrepreneurs, family business is the largest sector in the Australian economy.