WA Business News played host to a wide range of business people and the leading State Government figures on the issue of taxes and charges imposed in Western Australia.
A DIVERSE group of project managers from private sector companies through to government agencies received multiple nominations in the Engineering Elite survey.
IN keeping with the property industry's growing awareness of all things sustainable, The Green Building Council launched its ‘green star' rating tool for commercial office buildings
Central to a business's decision to relocate or refurbish office premises is identifying future needs. Tracey Cook examines how businesses can approach this task to ensure new premises match up to their business model.
JAMES Trevelyan describes the development of an industrial robot capable of being operated via the Internet as something “developed from a crazy idea in the 1990s that is now taken for granted”.
GHD engineer Kim McFarland was nominated in three categories of the Engineering Elite survey, including for his role as a mentor of engineering graduates.
CHARLES Milazzo, managing principal WA of engineering consultants Connell Wagner, is the winner of a $150 dinner at Gershwin's Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Perth.
TECHNOLOGY and increased competition have had the biggest impact on the engineering industry, according to the seven top engineering CEOs nominated for this year's Engineering Elite.
In a special report, Alison Birrane looks at the difference between viruses and worms and recent worm attacks that have been making headlines around the world.
MECHANICAL engineer Caroline Chen dominated nominations in the category of female engineer, with support from both her colleagues at GRD Minproc and engineers at other firms.
A PROPOSAL to exempt insurance agents from disclosing commissions on risk products has been roundly criticised by financial planners and the consumer lobby.
Four years after he left the real estate game, Michael De Marte finds he's now serving many of his former industry colleagues at his successful Café Bocca, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
IT'S sobering to be reminded that there are limits to science, technology and Western engineering marvels such as, say, electricity distribution grids.
THERE were few surprises among the top 10 leading names in WA Business News's 2003 branding survey. From insurance to hardware to a casino, the State's top brands represent high-profile companies from vastly differing industries.
Jesters Jaffle Pie Company has been highlighted by members of WA's advertising industry as the State's best emerging brand. Julie-anne Sprague unearths its branding success.
In the final instalment on a series on technology in mining, Alison Birrane talks to a company that says it is bridging the issue of inter-operability between different mining software packages.
A NEW service from the Police and Nurses Credit Society will allow customers to talk to loan staff when completing a loan application online or using Internet banking.
THIS week's vote by BankWest shareholders to agree to a takeover by UK-based HBOS should come as no surprise.
Faced with the prospect of the bank becoming a lame duck with a parent that might refuse to invest, shareholders had little choice.
