Noel Dyson

A WA-based research centre has developed a spin-off company that has drawn intense interest from US venture capitalists.

PERTH is playing host to the National Convention for Office Professionals in 2001.

TAIWANESE investors are planning to establish a piggery in Gingin to supply export markets in Asia. The investors plan to build a 2,750 sow piggery to provide pork for Taiwan and Japan.

THE vast majority of small businesses are backing information technology as much as they can, a new survey found.

ONE of the most expensive developments in the East Perth Redevelopment Authority area is soon to be built.The Upper East Side development will have 31 apartments and four penthouses. The dwellings will range in price from $490,000 to $1.65 million.

FRESH from its acquisition of Finn International, PCH Group Ltd has extended its business interests into the eastern Goldfields of WA.

HOW do you manage dealers in 48 different countries, many in the third world, with just a marketing staff of two? That is the question facing Elizabeth Natta and Stephen Nicholson of Q-Mac Electronics.

WA BUSINESS and industry leaders are being asked to dig deep to help the Salvation Army meet its multi-million dollar commitments to the community.

A solid upswing in WA’s housing development is expected this year, mainly driven by the proposed goods and services tax, according to the Challenge Bank’s Market Insights report.

DEVELOPERS will have another try at developing the former Wesfarmers Building on Wellington Street.

THE Australian Society of CPAs has assembled a top cast of speakers for CPA Congress 99.

A PERTH cleaner has broken into the property and integrated services market in Thailand.Arrix Services has joined with Bangkok-based Siam Property and Construction to build on Siam’s existing property networks in Thailand.

A LARGE piece of the $90 million budget to supply WA schools with computers has gone to one supplier.

MONEY management, a convention centre, a town planner, sinking the railway line and giving property owners’ votes more weight were some of the issues canvassed in the recent Lord Mayoral debate.

COMPANIES using surveillance equipment to monitor people engaged in ‘private’ activities will face penalties of up to $50,000 under new WA legislation soon to become law.

WA INDUSTRY has set up an ongoing working group to discuss and investigate the ramifications of greenhouse gas emissions trading.

INACTION regarding the Millennium Bug could cripple WA’s small business sector says Small Business Development Corporation chairman John Garland.

ENTREPRENEUR is not a dirty word says Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship school director Graeme Herps.

A GUIDE has been produced to help employers and employees negotiate WA’s workplace agreements system.

ONE of Australia’s largest recruiters, Employment National, had a record 11,588 job placements in March — up over 40 per cent on the previous best results.

PERTH’S last free to air television service Channel 31 has had its launch date pushed back by a worldwide shortage of technical parts.It is now likely the community access station will start broadcasting in June.

THE Australian Stock Exchange’s Internet-based Enterprise Market (e.m) has scored a surge in website hits and another significant investment deal.

WA FOOD and beverage producers will soon have a huge chance to break into the UK market as Selfridges turns its London and Manchester foodhalls over to WA produce.

THE seven applicants expressing interest in building Perth’s Convention and Exhibition Centre have survived the first cut.

PUBLISHERS are being targeted by a campaign to protect job seekers from misleading job advertisements.

After the May 1 Perth City Council election at least two of the presiding members will be replaced.

FAILURE in business is no mystery. Over and over again, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make near identical mistakes.According to CPA Small Business spokesman Colin Beavis, up to 90 per cent of SMEs make the same financial mistakes.

THE Australian Newsagents Federation has sought Australian Competition and Consumer Commission permission to hold representative negotiations with individual major publishers and distributors on behalf of newsagents.

JONES Lang Wootton and MLV Real Estate former director Mike Rowe has recently joined Major Corporate Pty Ltd as an equity holder.

COUNCIL has bent the rules to get a multi million dollar development off the ground at 131-137 Adelaide Terrace.Apparently the development is to be conducted by the Fini Group, which Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass said had done a lot for the city.

AUSTRALIAN shopping centres could become empty shells if centre managers do not pay more attention to accurate customer traffic statistics, says retail performance specialist FootFall managing director John Gallagher.

RECENT media reports showing a car immobiliser being easily defeated are misleading, says Marlows group general manager Paul Wagner.