THE Australian Financial Markets Association has announced the election of Paul Riordan, global head, financial markets Commonwealth Bank Group to the position of chairman of the AFMA executive committee.
IT’S pleasing to see a winemaker take sauvignon blanc seriously. Voyager Estate of Margaret River has done just that with a recently released 1996 sauvignon blanc-semillon.
ECONOMIC experts offered a positive picture for WA’s economy in 2001, led by a resource sector underpinned by steady growth in commodity prices, including gold.
SIXTYONE trophies were presented to winning teams and individuals at the StateWest Corporate Challenge prize presentation hosted by the Lord Mayor at Council House last week.
THE WA Government has been accused of acting too hastily when it decided to offer $10 million of public money to a group of Capel dairy farmers who plan to establish a processing plant.
THE battle for the $370 million WA data communications business intensified this week with the commissioning of Perth-based carrier Swiftel Communications.
Louise Rae has joined BDO Chartered Accountants and Advisers as a marketing manager. Louise has gained extensive experience in financial services marketing in both Australia and Europe.
THE West Australian export community has blitzed the field at the 2000 Australian Export Awards by winning four National Awards, which were announced in Sydney last Tuesday night.
THE food is exciting, the service friendly and slick and the wine list impressive. All the excellent ingredients that went to win Jackson’s a recent Gold Plate and a spot as a finalist, in the national Gourmet Traveller restaurant awards.
WA’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 per cent between October and November, while the national rate increased from 6.3 to 6.6 per cent.
THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.John Bovard has joined Danae Resource NL as non-executive director.
A MULTI-purpose defence force, capable of sustaining combat operations in two separate locations, while protecting Australia’s approaches is the goal the Federal Government is aiming for with its White Paper.
FORMER Minter Ellison partners Sean Mullins and Matthew Handcock have formed a boutique insurance firm Mullins Handcock and been joined by nine other former Minter Ellison staff.
THE International ATTM Card Scheme marketed and promoted by World Netsafe Pty Ltd and Terence Butler has been ruled an illegal pyramid and referral selling scheme by the Federal Court, Brisbane.
OIL and gas industry maritime service company Mermaid Marine’s ambitions in construction are set to become a reality with the purchase of two new vessels for offshore work.
WHILE the WA Government’s $2 billion plan to upgrade electricity supply in WA meets some pressing needs, it does not go far enough to bring true competition and the price cuts that go with that.
Did you wrestle with information in your first Business Activity Statement? Did your accounting software promise you easy answers, yet you still found it difficult?
MEAD’S of Mosman Bay has added the 76ft long Moonlight Lady to its long list of attractions with special appeal to business houses as the festive season approaches.
In WA, seasonally adjusted employment increased by just 0.3 per cent through the year to November, the lowest annual growth since 1996. Employment fell by 0.2 per cent between October and November.
