Gary Kleyn

DEUTSCHE Bank is planning to set up an outlet in Bunbury.

WA IS on the move – all 2,525,500 square kilometres of it!That was the warning issued by the Department of Land Administration to land owners and leaseholders.

LATEST figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirm that part of the so-called ‘Great Australian Dream’ still includes owning your own home, says LJ Hooker’s Tony Cavallo.

WA’S main barometer of business sentiment has registered another leap in business confidence.

Pemberton’s Tourism and Progress Association is working with the South West Development Commission to develop a master plan for a tourism precinct in a bid to attract more tourists.

LISTED Perth-based property developer Finbar International has forecast continued strong profit and revenue for the remainder of the financial year.

MORE than three quarters of the companies questioned in the latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey admit they are not GST-ready.

EVIDENCE of plantations is growing in the South West as it becomes increasingly difficult to log existing forests.

THE headline inflation rate is forecast to rise 0.8 per cent in the December quarter, taking the annual rate to 2 per cent.

WA’S unemployment rate hit a 10 year low of 6.1 per cent in December, according to recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

WA BUILDING approvals were up 33 per cent or by $100 million in November compared to November 1998 despite an increase in house prices, according to new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

WA RAILWAY operator Westrail is seeking proposals to find acceptable alternatives to timber sleepers.

MANY businesses are experiencing a backlash to the downsizing activities of the past decade with high levels of staff turnover and huge skill deficits.

PERTH’S southern suburbs are undervalued by as much as 20 per cent compared to equivalent suburbs in the north metropolitan area, says Hegney Property Valuations managing director Gavin Hegney.

A PROPOSAL to allow trading in beekeeping sites on conservation lands has been put out for public comment.

FULL-TIME jobs are outstripping the creation of temporary and part-time jobs.

BUILDERS will be restricted to a height of three storeys in Mandurah’s city centre thanks to a new policy.

AN INSTITUTIONAL $208 million buyout of Motherwell Information Systems is being backed by European venture capital company 3i.

THE transformation of the Geraldton foreshore to a multi-million dollar marina has moved up a gear with building starting on the new Mid West Museum.

MARGARET River winery Chateau Xanadu’s export sales are set to quadruple with the recent announcement of an agreement between the company and a UK-based distribution business.

A HEIGHTENED, volatile share market and speculation about higher domestic interest rates has not dented consumer sentiment.

A MASSIVE 84 per cent of female employees believe they bear the brunt of housework at the office according to a Morgan & Banks survey.

THE public can rest assured that only a few finance brokers have been responsible for losses by various investors in mortgages says Mortgage Industry Association of Australia WA president Barry Barr.

TUCKED away on a road leading from the Old Coast Road, the small township of Binningup has been attracting the attention of developers keen to benefit from the South West awakening.

CHALLENGE Bank CEO Tony Howarth is the new chairman of AlintaGas, taking over from Ian Baker who was the inaugural chairman of the utility.

UNFAIR dismissal laws are forcing businesses to change their employment strategy. Other options are often considered that do not have the perceived legal implications attached.

AROUND $3 million will be spent on upgrading the historic Yanchep Inn, situated in the heart of Yanchep National Park.

A STRONG increase in major government-funded infrastructure projects helped stem a decline in private infrastructure spending, according to a recent Australian Bureau of Statistics report.

MANAGEMENT needs to ensure its workforce has a balanced approach to life.

LISTED property trusts are a force to be reckoned with in the WA property market and will continue to inject funds into the State in the year ahead according to real estate agent Colliers Jardine.

LJ HOOKER Commercial has come up trumps in a survey of the real estate industry by National Business Bulletin.

THE South West accounted for 14 per cent of all building approvals during November, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data.