THE $200 million marine industrial precinct at Jervoise Bay has moved a step forward with the awarding of a $16 million contract for the construction of an island breakwater.
REGULATIONS and tax compliance are strangling the development of regional areas and costing Australia millions of dollars of potential industry investment, according to two leading business groups.
WA RURAL areas are gaining a $7.5 million injection for new medical and theatre equipment, upgrading health service facilities and new and improved accommodation for regional health workers.
FOUNDERS of listed companies in WA are reviewing the scale of their controlling interests in a bid to attract investors who have turned their backs on local stocks.
THE troubled Port Kennedy resort proposal has been taken to task by the WA Government which threatened to cancel the exclusive development rights over the land, south of Rockingham.
THE collapse of part of the Pells army surplus store on Wellington Street, next door to the Woolworths site, brought part of Perth’s CBD to a standstill for several hours this week.
PROMOTING the benefits of an environmentally friendly and sustainable development is a key strategy behind a new joint venture between two Perth architecture firms.
THE Health Insurance Fund of WA has announced a 49 per cent total membership growth and an 80 per cent growth in members with hospital tables, the largest growth it has ever experienced.
STILL smarting from the Federal Senate’s rejection of the WA Government’s Native Title regime, it appears both the State and business are resolved to make things work under the existing legislation.
AURORA Queens Gardens, the new addition to the growing list of inner city residential developments due for construction, will introduce a new design concept to Perth according to selling agent James Limnios from Limnios Property Services.
SMALL business fears of an interest rate rise have been allayed for another month.Small Business Development Corporation managing director George Etrelezis said interest rates – and their impact on consumer confidence – were a major concern to small bus
* DOME Coffees director and winner of the 2000 WA and Australian Business Woman of the Year Award Patria Jafferies (pictured) and Subiaco Hotel executive chef Ivan Mather (winner of the 1999 and 2000 Best Restaurant Hotel in Australia) will speak at the S
THE Sevenoaks Senior College is setting out to bridge the gap between industry and education.The college, on the grounds of the old Cannington Senior High School, caters for year 11 and 12 students and will start classes next year.
I AM a small business with an annual turnover of less than $50,000. I am registered for GST, but have decided that the administrative costs outweigh any benefits. Can I apply for deregistration?
BUSINESS confidence is plum-meting at a faster rate than in the lead up to the 1991 recession.A new Dun and Bradstreet survey shows the number of business executives expectating increased sales had dropped to their lowest point since 1991.
THE Federal and State governments are implementing a new funding process which wouldmean independent schools wouldreceive up to 70 per cent of their revenue from the Government.
EVIDENCE this week that the slump in WA building activity may be nearing an end with the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicating a 12 per cent increase in seasonally adjusted approval numbers during the September quarter.
