Gary Kleyn

CALLS have been directed at Government to provide incentives for capital equipment investment in the Australian manufacturing industry.

BRITISH industry will be showcased in WA from 23 to 25 May at the Perth Concert Hall during the SuperCatEx catalogue exhibition.

USING negative gearing as an objective to invest in property is not advisable according to Nick Renton in his book Understanding Investment Property.

THE importance of individual contracts in the economy should be recognised and enhanced says Australian Mines and Metals Association executive general manager Steve Knott.

INTEGRATED Tree Cropping Limited is seeking up to $60 million to establish more than 17,000 hectares of timber projects.

THE South West Development Commission did not let the international media contingent following Queen Elizabeth to Busselton go past without wooing their hearts through their stomachs.

COUNCILLOR Laurence Goodman recently put forward a motion calling for the WA Government to make public details of tender submissions received for the Perth convention and exhibition centre.

THE Institute of Chartered Account-ants in Australia is urging banks to help small-to-medium enterprises meet the requirements of GST Pay-As-You-Go and offer direct offset arrangements to facilitate better cash flow management.

THE opening of the new Graham Farmer Freeway will have a major impact on the Perth property market says Hegney Property Valuations managing director Gavin Hegney.

AT SOME stage in the near future, the shivers will degenerate to nervousness and then to chaos on the share and bond markets.

MANY investment schemes advertised as tax reducing are destined to fail, warns the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

THE plan for the next thirty years of industry in the greater Bunbury area has been released by the WA Government.

THE Terrace Hotel is to be ‘downsized’ after approval of a $2.3 million redevelopment plan was granted by council.

Economic conditions in WA are improving after a year of sub-par performance, according to Challenge Bank’s Market Insights.

NORTHBRIDGE is receiving interest from developers and real estate agents who see benefits flowing from the tunnel project and associated redevelopment.

A five year vision for the tourism industry has been launched by Premier Richard Court.

A KUKERIN woman has won the inaugural Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation WA 2000 Rural Women’s Award.

THE South West continues to lead the way for tourism project development in regional WA, according to the latest figures released by the WA Tourism Commission.

TOURISM Minister Norman Moore is seeking tourism infrastructure projects for the next round of WA Government funding assistance.

EMPLOYMENT opportunities in the complementary therapies industry are expected to increase in the next five years, according to a report by the Department of Training and Employment.

GOVERNMENT agencies and departments take up more than 430,000 square metres of floor space in the central business district – equivalent to around eleven BankWest towers.

THE Department of Local Government has prepared an analysis of the problems facing local governments when calling tenders for goods and services.

MORE than three quarters of small business and family business owners feel unwell and in bad health due to work-related stress, according to a recent study by Edith Cowan University’s Faculty of Business and Public Management.

THE interest shown by developers in the Exmouth Marina Village has demonstrated an ever-growing commitment to investing in regional WA, according to CB Richard Ellis’ David Kennedy.

ONLY two of WA’s plethora of rural tax investment schemes have good prospects according to a scathing report by Van Eyk Capital.

AUSTRALIA’S first Internet portal dedicated to the processing of business to government transactions will lead to the creation of a new e-commerce sector.

ONE company taking advantage of the current political climate in relation to removing old growth forests is Australian Plantation Timber.

PARAMOUNT Night Club and Varga Lounge in James Street have obtained Council approval to prohibit parking outside the nightclubs after 5:30pm for a three month trial basis.

PERTH based Dome Coffee Group has secured GS Private Equity as a new equity partner to help fund a major eastern seaboard expansion program.

Real estate industry-owned web site, www.propertypage.com, has almost doubled its listings in the past six months to 110,000 active listings.

WA’s role as a world class exporter of LNG to key Asia markets has been enhanced by the opening of the Australia LNG headquarters in Perth, according to Resource Development Minister Colin Barnett.

WRF Securities Ltd has achieved significant milestones in relation to its proposed blue gum project on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.