Retailers could be pressured to lower prices next year with a business outlook survey today revealing 18 per cent of companies in the wholesale sector expecting to reduce prices in the March quarter.
THE Diabetes Research Foundation of WA has embarked on a $1.2 million fundraising initiative to finance research designed to tackle the escalating health and financial toll of diabetes in Western Australia.
COLIN Ingram reckons he must have had rocks in his head to leave the public service after 30 years and start a small business of his own during the global financial crisis.
A DEFIANT Leanne Wesche remains optimistic about her future despite struggling under the burden of debts accrued by her independent fruit and vegetable packing operation, Pacco Group.
GROWING up near Angove Street in North Perth, Peter Rozsy has witnessed the evolution of the once-sleepy suburban streetscape into a vibrant cafe strip.
THE modest rise in the jobless rate relative to previous downturns in the labour market reflects the growing number of local companies that are retaining workers they fought hard to recruit during the boom.
NO doubt many positive outcomes will emerge from the pain of global economic downturn, but one that’s immediately obvious is the opportunity it has provided smaller employers to implement efficiency measures, redevelop management structures and refo
THE Nulsen Haven Association has a 56-year history of supporting people with intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries in Western Australia.
THE federal government will strengthen the Franchising Code of Conduct and the unconscionable conduct provisions of the Trade Practices Act to better protect small businesses from anti-competitive behaviour by more powerful businesses.
BOTH sides of the workplace safety spectrum were in evidence this week, with some Perth businesses recognised at the 2009 Work Safety Awards WA, while others received large fines for unsafe work practices.
WINNING the 'best of the best' category at the recent Furnishing Industry Association of Australia Awards was a culmination of more than 20 years’ hard work for Jahroc Furniture founder Gary Bennett and business partner David Paris.
REGULAR customer Murray strolls into Il Vero Gusto in Northbridge and eyes owner Joe Pisano sipping an espresso talking to this reporter in a corner booth near the till.
