Staff Reporters

SERIOUS interest from several players has been expressed in purchasing the El Caballo resort, loca-ted 45 minutes east of Perth.

“NEVER knock back a business opportunity,” is Liz Davenport’s advice to up-and-coming young female executives.

The Grant Burge 1997 Filsell Shiraz and 1997 Cameron Vale Cabernet Sauvignon are probably the best Filsell and Cameron Vale reds we’ve made says Grant Burge.

It has been fascinating to observe the waves of reaction to the introduction of the Internet over the past few years.The arrival of all major new technologies produces some very predictable responses.

A tourism drive by the Collie Shire will see the establishment of a new $7.7 million resort-style complex to attract visitors to the area.

EMPLOYMENT National has placed more than 75,000 people across Australia into jobs in its first year of operation.It listed more than 130,000 vacancies since April 1998 and has approximately 25,000 job seekers registered in WA.

ARC Energy NL is focussing its full attention on the Dongara gas field, where it has undertaken a detailed technical review and a series of well workovers to increase both the reserve base and well output.

Herdsman is still one of the most easily accessible and in-demand commercial/industrial areas in Perth in the opinion of real estate agents Colliers Jardine. This is despite the significant growth of some recent alternatives.

MANY women receive unequal treatment when applying for finance, says Challenge Bank head of marketing Melissa Reynolds.

Michele and Alain Mandois are the latest in a long line of champagne makers, being sixth generation owners of the family vineyard Comte de Lantage which originated in the mid 1800s.

Look in the papers and you soon realise how many small local retailers are competing with larger national brands for the consumer dollar.

Finance professionals in the resources industry should grab their diaries now and pencil in the CPA Resources Convention.

RECRUITMENT companies servicing the resource sector are “a bit flat”, says TR Technical Support general manager Des Linehan.

TAX reform is always difficult politically. In 1985, Messrs Keating, Hawke, Crean and Beazley were strong supporters of the introduction of a goods and services tax as a basis for re-forming our tax system and cutting our growing dependency on income taxe

A MAJOR new commercial centre is being carefully planned by LandCorp at the Ocean Keys business centre in the northern suburb of Clarkson.

PASTA has been enjoyed for centuries and by tradition, Italian people have consumed more than the rest of the world’s population put together. The picture is now changing.

MOSS Stilling Vinters and Elderton Wines are bringing Richard Sheedy over to Perth for a tasting of his entire range of wines on 23 June.

THE Great Australian Bight off the Goldfields region of WA could become the next hydrocarbon province.This follows the recent completion of an extensive seismic survey conducted aboard the vessel MV Sea Challenger by GHD-Gardline, a joint venture compri

Small business should have access to ongoing compensation to offset the cost of a vastly more complex GST, says the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants tax director Angela Ryan.

Whether people personally lost a job or not, the downsizing of the ’80s and ’90s has created a paradigm shift in the way people view their work life and manage their careers.

WORKPLACE agreements are not scary. They are an ideal vehicle for the determination of workplace rights and obligations between an employee and his or her employer.

WORK is expected to start before September on the $16 million Bijou Marina Village near Busselton.Already pre-sales are worth more than $5 million, representing 60 per cent of stage one of the project with ten residences sold.

HIRE Intelligence is currently creating a recruitment consultancy franchise chain.At $40,000 per franchise, the cost includes a four week training course and $6,000 initial advertising spent on behalf of the franchisee.

Sentiment has turned more positive on the bourse but investors will have a bumpy road, according to stockbroker Bell Securities Limited.

LJ HOOKER Fremantle principal Tony Cavallo has warned investors and home owners that appointed executors of an estate can be unprepared and ill-equipped for their responsibilities.

THE 3rd National Conference for Executive Secretaries and Office Professionals will take place on 29 and 30 July at the Duxton Hotel, Perth.

A recent report by Workplace Agree-ments Commissioner Bob Cooper indicated that 53 per cent of workers on agreements received an ordinary wage rate higher than the award, with 7 per cent receiving a rate equal to the award.

SUPERSTORE Harvey Norman, who has had a presence in the South West for some time, is expanding.Growth in the region has spurred it on to create a more substantial site for its Bunbury operation.

WHEN a staff member leaves, they take with them intellectual capital – one of the company’s most valuable assets. So retaining staff is one of the credit manager’s most important tasks.

GOLD miner SMC Resources Limited has reached conditional agreement with Western Pacific Gold Inc, a listed Canadian mining company, to acquire Australian Resource Manage-ment Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WPI. SMC will pay using 31.5 million fully

THE number of businesses in industrial areas has increased dramatically recently, according to the Industrial Land Use Survey 1997 for Perth, released by the Ministry for Planning.

THE Guides (WA) Women of Distinction Leadership seminars will take place at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel Perth on 7 September and 9 November.