Three quarters of listed Western Australian companies have changed their name over the years. Matthew Hooper and Mark Beyer have delved into the archives to review the changed identities of listed stocks.
APOLLO Gold Mining is an up-and-coming mining company while Clearview Capital is a ‘shell company' with no activities, so at first glance they don't seem to have much in common.
WESTERN Australian ICT organisations, in conjunction with the State Government, are planning a joint study into the needs of ICT employers with regards to graduates and employee tra
Agency of the year – The Brand Agency
FOUR significant achievements by The Brand Agency last year catapulted the business ahead of its competitors, according to The Brand Agency chairman Ken James.
HIGH-PROFILE television ads for Go for 2 & 5, Find 30, and Quit were just some of the media and marketing activities undertaken by the Department of Health during 2003.
CURTIN University's first whole-of-university advertising campaign, launched in 2003, has helped to reverse a slide in the number of potential students choosing Curtin as their firs
SEATBELT buckles on shopping centre doors and painted on the outside of buildings formed part of Gatecrasher Advertising's media strategy for the Office of Road Safety ‘Restraints'
A SIGNIFICANT number of large mining and oil and gas developments are under way in and around Geraldton as the sector emerges from the shadow of the failed $2 billion Kingstream iron and steel project.
IF it was not for the achievements made by John Driscoll (right) last year Marketforce could have faced some significant hurdles this year, according to Campaign Brief Awards judge
DATA communications and Internet provider Swiftel Limited has announced its intention to merge with privately owned voice services company, people telecom, in a scrip deal worth an estimated $50 million.
In the back blocks of Canning Vale, where Perth's urban sprawl gives way to small farm lots, a group of scientists is creating a unique research and development centre.
FAITH was a big word washing around investor circles following the $1.69 billion deal by Alinta to take over the Australian and New Zealand assets of the US-based Duke Energy Group.
GUSTO'S Highgate spies tell us there is a new Italian restaurant opening on the emerging ‘hospitality hotspot' on the Beaufort Street strip from the Queens to Luxe.
CONCERNS about the fire safety standards in some Perth nightclubs and other high-risk public buildings have prompted the City of Perth to consider establishing a risk management strategy to ensure building owners comply with current standards in the Build
IT'S finally happening, and it's happening much earlier than expected.
But in politics nothing's lost by getting things out of the way sooner rather than later.
WESTERN Australian-based multi-platform real estate agency Asset Domain has merged with Dempsey Real Estate to create an integrated real estate company specialising in the top-end property market.
CREATIVE prowess helped The Brand Agency get over the line against rival 303 Advertising to win the agency of the year title at the Campaign Brief Awards held last week.
GROWING numbers of Labor and Greens activists are concerned that the Gallop Government is the weakest link in Labor's current hegemony over all States and Territories.
I HAVE been doing as much analysis of the free trade agreement with the US as possible and I simply can't understand the objections that are arising from vested interests around the country, led by sugar growers.
The selection of fine, international wines available to Perth connoisseurs and quaffers is set to increase when a new retail outlet opens in Wembley, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
CLYDE and Lesley Bevan are close to appointing a head chef to take over the reigns from Andy Henderson, who is leaving Friend's at the end of the month.
THERE is still room for businesses to get a piece of the action in the Foodbank Charity Golf Classic to be held at Lake Karrinyup Country Club on March 26.
