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LUNCHTIME on Monday is the most popular time of the day to browse online for potential travel escapes, according to the latest figures released by the Western Australian Tourism Com

DAWSON’S Garden World is a grower and retailer of plants in the Perth metropolitan area.

THE West Australian Opera has secured a season sponsor for its upcoming production The Abduction from the Seraglio.

ESTABLISHED in 1913, Richard Noble & Company is considered largely responsible for the development of some of Perth’s oldest suburbs, including Bayswater, Maylands and Mount Lawley.

ACCORDING to WA-based research, healthy eating promotions are having a positive effect on food and beverage purchasing decisions made by Perth consumers. 

BUSINESSES of all persuasions often take the opportunity to recreate or smarten-up their image when relocating pre-mises. Freehills is one business to make great use of its recent move to QV1, creating a statement with its office fit-out.

POLITICIANS can have a devastating effect on language. This was highlighted by George Orwell in his brilliant essay, Politics and the English Language.

TWO new contracts, worth a total of $4.1 million, have been awarded for a 39-unit chalet park and a new footbridge at Mandurah’s $58 million Ocean Marina development project.

PROFESSIONAL indemnity is one of the crises that has failed to capture the imagination of the very people who will end up being affected – consumers.

ACUTE land supply shortages, stamp duty, fees, taxes charge and the GST have sent home prices out of the reach for many first home buyers, according to the Housing Industry Associat

APPLECROSS-BASED retailer Delta Computers has purchased Budget PC Rentals.

The Perth Mint has become a world-renowned specialist of precious metals since the Burke Government decided to develop the operation in 1986.

THE Western Australian Tourism Commission has embarked on a $40,000 eastern States online and print advertising campaign aimed at attracting potential travellers to its Internet sit

LINC Integrated has announced its ongoing partnership with the Australian Finance Group following interest in the group’s $2 million a year national account from agencies such as Ga

THE recent merger of ESP Sign and Print Management with Sign Enterprises to form WA Sign and Print Management Pty Ltd, or WASP, has created a one-stop shop in sign production, accor

CHANNEL Nine Perth’s new-look news, or its “next generation” of news, is winning viewers and closing the ratings gap between timeslot winner and arch rival Channel Seven, according to Channel Nine Perth programs and presentation manager Rob Pedretti.

THE majority of industry analysts in Perth have diagnosed a ‘lacklustre’ short-term outlook for commercial office development in the CBD.

THE group behind the $35 million Kelmscott Central Shopping Centre redevelopment project has won the first round in its appeal against the City of Armadale and the WA Planning Commission.

THE high-profile dumping of the Maud’s Landing proposal near Coral Bay may have been politically expedient but it leaves the Gallop Government looking extremely weak when it comes to policy.

Boston Gardens on the Park, Technology Park, 16 Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley

JOE Poprzeczny’s State Scene column of June 26 mentioned how I started the first Sunday trading push in WA.

WHILE the restaurant name may provoke thoughts of rap music and nasty language, a growing number of Perth food lovers know Eminem as the home of quality Turkish cuisine.

NOW the second Gallop cabinet has bedded-in it’s worth considering more closely the reshuffle and some outcomes.

GUSTO has been sent some interesting information, and a clever photo, from the Australian Academy of Hospitality Management.

AFTER more than two years of reviews and planning, the reform of Western Australia’s electricity industry is starting to get under way.

VENTURE capital has played a critical role in the growth of some of Western Australia’s best-known companies.

DOZENS of private sector projects are launched every year in Western Australia. Of all these projects, a select group has received big-ticket financial assistance – $600,000 or more – from the State Government.

THE Federal Privacy Commissioner has effectively set a new standard for the debt collection industry as a result of a settlement with Alliance Factoring.

Alison Birrane begins a four-week series on WA’s technology leaders by looking at the State’s growing medical technology and biotechnology sector, which features some world-class performers.

THERE is only a handful of venture capital firms with a permanent on-the-ground presence in Perth.

A LOCAL company is at the forefront of the research and development of telemedicine technologies and is driving the specialised field of virtual reality medical and surgical training, both here and overseas.

PERTH-BASED biotechnology company EQiTX has been granted a US patent on its Gingerol technology.