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THE three municipalities created in the 1995 break-up of the City of Perth have each been granted a $2.9 million stake in Tamala Park, one of the City’s most prized assets.
WATCH out mobile phone users. September 25 marks the single biggest event in Australian mobile history, the introduction of number portability, according to the Telstra manager charged with overseeing the event.
HOME loan providers in WA could soon be forced to include an Average Annualised Percentage Rate in their advertisements.The WA Government is considering adopting the proposal into its legislation.
UP to midnight last Sunday, 143 WA motorists had been charged under a new law banning the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving.The new law came into effect on July 1.
EVANS and Tate has appointed John Hopkins (pictured right) as a non-executive director to fill the position left vacant by retiring member Michael Calneggia.
WEST Perth-based ISP and software developer Commerce Australia last week released an application it believes will reduce communication costs and boost efficiencies for small businesses.
WA’S biggest industrial company, Wesfarmers, has won more than 90 per cent of takeover target Howard Smith and will move to compulsorily acquire the remainder.
PERTH commercial builder Brown & Joy Industries was put into liquidation last week owing creditors about $3 million. Expressions of interest in the firm were called last month but no buyer came forward.
ANDREW Frazer is taking up space at Hartley Poynton’s seventh floor ahead of his shift out of mainstream stockbroking into more of a funds management role.
LIONORE Australia Pty Ltd’s managing director Mark Ashley has been appointed chief executive officer of the subsidiary company LionOre Nickel.Development at LionOre Nickel’s Emily Ann Nickel project at Lake Johnston is well under way.
The Belmont Business Enterprise (BEC) is proud to again present the Belmont Small Business Awards, recognising the professionalism of businesses in the Belmont area.
MICHAEL Shanahan has been appointed manager in KPMG’s new forensic accounting department.He will be a part of the KPMG team aiming to help clients beat corporate fraud, which cost business $239 million between 1997 and1999.
THE Subiaco Wine Room has sold to the owners of its neighbour, icon establishment the Subiaco Hotel.The deal was signed late last week and still has to make its way through liquor licensing authorities and the Subiaco Council.
WHILE a typographical error by the catering institute refers to him as God Gorey, the defending chef of the year has been beaten by a young talent – a feat deemed by many in the industry as miraculous.
A PERTH company is hoping to revolutionise digital camera technology after spending six years and $1 million developing an electronic filter that overcomes one of the most common problems for photographers.
JOCK Clough was keen to hose down talk he was planning a return to HP-JDV just a few months after leaving an investment banking position at the firm, to become an executive at Clough, the listed engineering company founded by his family.
THE WA Government has gone out on the hustings in the Mid West during the special sitting of State Cabinet in Geraldton, handing out $89.96 million of goodies to the area.
OPPORTUNISTIC is a word Michael Chaney is only momentarily comfortable with as a description for his sprawling conglomerate, Wesfarmers. After consulting with media adviser Keith Kessell, a more refined term is found.
HOPING to win at its first attempt at this year’s cook off of the year – The Event, as it is called – is Oceanus, which is aiming to shake defending champion Gershwin’s hold on the title at the Hyatt.
