Staff Reporters

DESPITE falling short of their $80.98 million target, the Perth Convention Bureau claims it has generated $74.47 million in delegate spending from 29 international and 45 national conventions in the 2000-2001 financial year.

ABOUT 14 small business organisations have banded together to bring a louder voice to the table when the WA Government starts working out its industrial laws.

THE search for a new diamond mine in the North Kimberley by Striker Resources has gained momentum with the appointment of former Ashton diamond exploration experts to senior positions.

FOR at least the third time in two years, information technology, accounting and legal consultants to industry “are on a roll”.

A VICTORIAN agricultural group has emerged as the new owner of two Kimberley stations that are said to be home to many examples of a mysterious Aboriginal art form called Bradshaws.

ONLINE public relations and Internet content provider SmartNews has shed staff from its WA office in an attempt to consolidate its costs and make it more attractive to an eastern states investor.

DENIS Ryan has taken a position as managing director of stockbroking firm DJ Carmichael.

TECHNOLOGY has exposed the gaps in common law that basically leaves the issue of privacy of the individual untouched.

BOUTIQUE investment advisory firm Poynton and Partners has expanded again, adding the services of former Claremont footballer Brian Beresford.

FEDERAL Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton has been appointed to oversee a paradigm shift in the attitudes of the Australian business community.

IN the biggest CBD property sale of the year, Ralph Sarich of Cape Bouvard Investments has snapped up two prime Perth commercial properties for $81 million.

THE option of taking a 20-minute drive up the freeway to Joondalup has never been more enticing.While the 27-hole golf course provides the perfect playground for business, Bistro38 provides an unforgettable culinary experience.

A WRIT relating to telecommunications contracting work under St Georges Terrace against Swiftel Limited has been withdrawn.

ACIL Consulting has appointed a senior consultant and manager for its new Perth office.

THE Federal Government has moved to relieve the political pressure created by its alienation of personal services laws, which have sent the contractors and many small business people into a tizz.

A CALL has just been put to air and the audience listens as a man on his mobile phone explains the problems with the new roundabout proposed for his street.

A NEW law banning the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving a vehicle has taken effect, threatening infringers with a $100 fine and the loss of one demerit point.

WA Parliament has handed control of Corporations Law to the Federal Parliament to make way for new federal corporations legislation to come into effect later this month.

THE Perth office of Deacons Lawyers has formally integrated with eastern state branches, creating a single financially integrated national partnership.

LOCAL media company Data & Commerce Ltd has announced a deal with the Macquarie Radio Network to deliver a news service in Melbourne.The Macquarie news will replace Southern Cross news, sourced out of 3AW in Melbourne.

A NEW joint venture involving indigenous people in the State’s construction, engineering and mine contracting industries will be launched in Perth today (July 5) by Senator Ian Campbell.

AFTER all the hurdles small businesses have had to clear with the New Tax System, their greatest test is coming – end of financial year reporting.

THE Swan Brewery has found a replacement for outgoing managing director Mike Molloy.Bob Baily will head up the WA operations of Lion Nathan, joining the Canning Vale-based business from Swan’s sister, South Australian Brewing.

AN elderly Busselton couple revealed they lost their life savings during the first day of hearing into the finance brokers’ scandal.

PICTURE this. A tropical island with glorious beaches and a warm climate situated in the Indian Ocean, approximately 2,400 kilometres off the south-east coast of Africa.

MARKETFORCE might have missed out on the Burswood account this week but a Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions advertising festival would have softened the blow.

BANK of Scotland subsidiary St Andrew’s Insurance (Australia), which originally was set up in 1998 to support BankWest and whose client base now includes RAMS HomeLoans, Capital Finance, RAC Finance and HOME Building Society, has announced its intenti...

STOCKBROKING firm Hogan and Partners has appointed John Kerr (pictured) to manage its new financial planning division.

BUSINESS leaders have identified the need for strategic development and investment in value-adding and key future industries to arrest concerns that WA is becoming little more than a branch office.

REDFM’ s acquisition of Karratha-based North West Radio has been thrown into turmoil following Perth-based Lifestyle Radio’s decision to take legal action against Foundation Capital, North West Radio and its shareholders.

THE State Government claims the Belltower we had to have is a white elephant because it lost $84,000 between April 10 and June 30. The Government blames its predecessor’s decision to allow free access to the belltower for the loss.

THE hospitality and entertainment industry’s annual gala Nocturnal Ball will take place at Metropolis Perth on Monday, June 25.