Jane McNamara

Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has announced that no changes will be made to the ministerial guidelines of the Grain Licensing Authority after an independent review found that the GLA system was of benefit to the grain industry.

Passion and integrity are the keys to family business success, according to Leonie and Eric Gully, owners of Moon-Haven Natural Products and its manufacturing arm, Margaret River Natural Soap Co.

There are few family businesses in Western Australia, let alone Australia, which are almost halfway through their second century of business.

Nine of the State’s 35 business enterprise centres could be closed under proposed future plans announced by Small Business Minister John D’Orazio.

Having conquered the Australian fashion market, Perth designers and creators of the su label, Sonia Audino and Silvana Cristillo, have set their sights on international success.

Bankrupt businessman John Webb and his wife Denise benefited from payments of almost $200,000 from expo company Media & Events Australia Pty Ltd during the year before it collapsed owing as much as $866,730, an administrator’s report claims.

Make no mistake about it, more and more small and medium businesses will start to disappear from the WA market, because big business is squeezing out the little guys.

There is no one single, simple solution to the skills shortage faced by SMEs and business in general, says Sean Gavin from Gavin Construction, but what he suggested as a starting point was an integrated, multi-pronged approach by government and industry.

India has overtaken the UK to become Australia’s sixth largest export market and Western Australia’s fourth, worth more than $2.8 billion to WA last financial year.