QUEENSLAND-BASED Oaks Hotels and Resorts has expanded its portfolio in Western Australia with the acquisition of a second property in Broome, naming the Kimberley location as one of its investment ‘ho
WHITEGOODS retailer Retravision will amalgamate its three geographically distinct businesses in a bid to strengthen the group’s position amid the difficult trading conditions currently facing the reta
Plantation Energy will mothball its energy wood pellet plant in Albany at the end of the month after price rises in locally sourced timber, the high Australian dollar and a weakening European economy
With few partnerships between large funding bodies, commercial radio stations and arts consultants in Western Australia, the new My City program on Southern Cross Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 is carving a
WITH construction costs among the factors dissuading developers from building hotels in Perth, the number of boutique projects coming online in existing structures is cause for optimism, according to
THE cost of doing business in the hotel sector is rising, with penalty wage rates among the more contentious issues for operators who claim to face the highest running costs in the world.
University applicant numbers are down 6 per cent across the board in Western Australia so far this year, but the figures have not stopped some of the state’s major universities from increasing their f
It has been a year typified by tumult for the agricultural sector, with cattle farmers taking blows over international trade stoppages and dairy farmers going to war with supermarket giants over price
A NUMBER of industry sectors lost out this year in the drama of volatile global markets and the high value of the Australian dollar, with tourism, hospitality, retail and residential construction amon
Outsourcing of state services through public-private partnerships may be a politically touchy subject but the Western Australian government has made significant progress in this field this year, acros
The state government agency which oversees Western Australia’s deregulated wholesale electricity market has proposed cutting the maximum price paid for peak-hour power by more than 30 per cent.
Sydney-based Southern Cross Venture Partners has been appointed by the federal government as fund manager of Australia’s largest renewable energy venture capital fund, making available a total of $200
TO move up or to move out, that is the question Perth planners have been contemplating in recent years as a city built on the quarter acre dream deals with increasing population density issues.
