Gary Kleyn

CORPORATE relocation of employees is no longer viewed as being the concern of just the employee.

BUILDERS are facing twelve month delays in dispute resolution and the WA Govern-ment is sitting on its hands over the problem according to the Master Builders Association.

THE PERTH Mint made a sterling debut at the recent 2000 WA Tourism Awards for Excellence, winning three gold awards in the categories of heritage and cultural tourism, tourism retailing, and tourism marketing and promotional campaigns.

HBF Health Fund managing director Michael Gurry, 53, has been appointed to the board of directors of online insurance broker Insurance My Way.

THE Clifton complex on Molloy Street Bunbury is for sale by tender for the first time in twenty-five years.

”directors to related body corporate organisations. This essentially eroded the firewalls between companies in groups.

WA RECORDED the lowest youth unemployment rate and the second lowest overall unemployment rate of all States during May, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

PETROLEUM is emerging as WA’s single most important commodity.

LANDCORP is toauction seven blocks in Fortview Road, Mount Claremont on 24 June.

In fact, it is probably fair to say our exchange has been a leader in the establishment of prudential controls to regulate traders and investors.

NEWCOMER to the WA Tourism Awards for Excellence, Swan Valley Wagon Winery Trails, has been nominated in the tour and transport operators category.

INTERNATIONAL fashion house Wolford is coming to Perth following the success of its three eastern States stores.

THE anti-bank feeling in thecommunity is worse than at any other time during the twenty-eight years BankWest managing director Terry Budge has been involved in the banking industry he told a recent Securities Institute luncheon.

A RECENTLY launched, WA-owned satellite telecommunications provider is likely to improve the lot of Internet users in the South West.

Behind Coastline Kitchens isthe Bosveld family, a name synonymous with the WA building industry and, in more recent years, with cabinet-making.

CUSTOMER service is an area where banks have traditionally fallen down says Challenge Bank CEO Tony Howarth.

THE Commonwealth is actively examining legislation to impose a twelve month moratoriumon the introduction of newinteractive gambling services, according to Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston and

WENDY Hood has been appointed consultant at Perth consultancy firm, RHK Public Relations.

OVER the four years between 1993-94 and 1996-97 Australian water consumption rose 19 per cent from 18,575 gigalitres to 22,186Gl according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics as reported in the Water Account for Australia.

CITIBANK’S mortgage processing business arm has beenoutsourced to the Common-wealth Bank following a twelve month review of Citibank’s operations. Under the arrangement, Citibank’s mortgage processing unit will have responsibility for all customer con

DEPUTY WA Premier and Regional Development Minister Hendy Cowan has expressed concern at Telstra’s plans to establish a separate regional telecommunications business unit.

INVESTORS rubbed shoulders when they took the opportunity to have a good look at the new Palandri winery recently in the South West.

RETAIL property will become a battlefield as electronic commerce claws market share from traditional retailers according to Chesterton International managing director Graham Iddles.

BANKS are falling over each other in a bid to align themselves with major retail chains and, in the process, beat off competitors.

A GREAT Southern portal project has been awarded the Yellow Pages Regional Communities Award at the Asia Pacific Information Technology and Telecommunications presentations held in Perth recently.

THE Perth Central Business District is set to play host to a new supermarket following the sale by Woolworths of the vacant site between Murray Street Mall and Wellington Street.

NEW motor vehicle registrations fell by 3.2 per cent in April to be down 10.6 per cent in annual terms according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

AN INITIATIVE by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to provide effective coordinated emergency management has been acknowledged by Emergency Services Minister Kevin Prince.

TOURISM sites around King George Sound, Oyster Harbour and Princess Royal Harbour will be upgraded and developed under a joint local community and government plan.

PERTH median house prices could rise by nearly $10,000 to $160,000 within the next couple of months according to Geoff Baldwin Team managing director Geoff Baldwin.

PIONEER Road Services Pty Ltd and Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd, through joint venture company RoadCare, have won a ten year contract with Main Roads to maintain around 1,500 kilometres of South West roads.

AUSTAL subsidiary Oceanfast has been given a second crack at a luxury motor yacht it was building when it was destroyed by a fire in the company’s yard in February.