SOUTH West information technology advisory service provider, NetFX Internet, was recently awarded the WA Information Technology and Telecommunications Award for innovation and services to regional Australia.
FORMER City of Perth Deputy Lord Mayor Jim Leahy was nominated for council at an extraordinary election on 8 July held following the sudden death of councillor Noel Semmens.
WA CONTINUES to lead the way in entrepreneurial spirit and consequent small business growth says Business Opportunities and Franchise Expo organiser Leigh Kealton.
THE East Perth Redevelopment Authority is spending time looking at what influence the authority’s actions could have on the market as it enters a new phase of its existence.
THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft report on the pricing principles it will generally apply when assessing local carriage service arbitrations and undertakings.
A REPORT detailing the recent changes in the central city area has been released by the City of Perth in collaboration with the WA Planning Commission.
FIRST time homebuyers should not be put off by the increases in interest rates, according to Residential Mortage Services managing director John Bignell.
PREDICTIONS of a housing slowdown as the GST introduction looms closer are not reflected in enquiries received by WA’s largest home-building company, BGC Australia.
INNER City living should be restricted to the areas recommended by the Inner City Housing Taskforce in 1992, says Time Conti Sheffield managing director Paul Conti.
WHILE Australian gas reform to date has focussed on the mid and downstream sectors of the industry, gas supply is still not seen as particularly competitive.
ALTHOUGH inner city living has gained in popularity in the past five years, the stage was set in the late 1980s, says Time Conti Sheffield managing director Paul Conti.
THE WA land development industry is alive and well thanks to a competitive market driven by innovative land owners says Urban Development Institute of Australia WA president Graham McArthur.
THE WA Government’s commitment to the creation of greater business opportunities in regional WA will be a major focus for the new head of the State Supply Commission.
LANDCORP, the government’s land development agency, made a after tax profit of $13.1 million for the first six months of the current financial year – almost double its target of $6.6 million.
ALMOST 23 per cent of female and 16.4 per cent of male employees believe the Internet has affected their productivity adversely, according to a recent survey by recruitment firm Alectus Personnel.
INNER city living looks set to continue because of the changing lifestyle of many families says Colliers Jardine residential associate director John Lagdon.
PRIVATE dwelling approvals in WA fell 15 per cent in February after a 7.3 per cent seasonally adjusted rise in the previous month, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.
SHARE price corrections spell good news for the WA real estate market as investors return to bricks and mortar security according to Geoff Baldwin Team managing director Geoff Baldwin.
MARGARET River has the potential to be one of the world’s best known regional brands says 8M Media and Communications managing director Thomas Murrell.
WELSHPOOL-based sheet metal manufacturer AD Coote & Co has forecast a 250 per cent rise in its export sales in the next three years to about $1.7 million per annum.
WESTRAIL’S former Forrestfield marshalling yards are to be redeveloped as a sixty-three hectare industrial estate to meet long term needs for industrial land in Perth.
EAST Perth continues to experience strong demand for apartments with major successes for developers like the Fini Group, according to Colliers Jardine.
THE land development industry is hampered by government policies that see landowners as an easy target says Urban Development Institute of Australia president Graham McArthur.
