Noel Dyson

MANY companies are taking the opportunity to buy new office furniture for their premises when they relocate.

SOURCING funding to progress to the next level can be one of the toughest jobs facing a small business.Often, raising the funds from traditional institutions such as banks is not possible.Venture capitalists are steadily emerging as an alternative s

PERTH City Council is pressing to have state legislation introduced to control the activities of bicycle couriers.

BUILDERS who asked clients to pay in advance to beat the GST will not escape the new tax on that component, according to Ernst & Young principal Robin Parsons.

WOMEN still face problems in the workplace, particularly in business.

DESPITE the furore surrounding the mortgage broking industry, Barry Barr & Associates principal Barry Barr says he is plugging on.

COMET Resources NL is to conduct an on-market buy-back of up to 10 per cent of its issued shares, conmmencing on 21 July.Comet managing director Peter Anderton said the board's decision was part of Comet's plan to actively manage its capital structure.

The WA Government has launched a scheme to capitalise on the growing call centre industry.

FINANCIER Australian Guarantee Corp-oration, the company originally formed to provide finance for Ford car purchasers, has turned seventy-five.

FOR the first time in nearly ten years, a new office tower will rise over Perth's CBD.

A WA financial services creation is taking the rest of Australia by storm.

A FORUM will be held in Kalgoorlie from16 June to look at avenues for advancing Native Title in the Goldfields.

BEING a company director is becoming an unattractive option as the liability burden jumps.

SHARE allocations and dispatch notices for Bartercard should be determined by 21 June and the trade agency should be listed in the week of 27 June.

INDUSTRIAL commodities and mining stocks are a good place to invest at the moment according to market analyst Martin Pring.

THE PERTH Mint is a finalist in three categories in the 2000 WA Tourism Awards for Excellence: heritage and cultural, tourism retailing, and tourism marketing and promotion.

LYNAS Corporation has added to its working capital by raising an additional $2 million through a combination of new share placements and the sale of trustee securities.

ONE of East Perth's highest points could soon be graced by a twenty storey building.

AUSTRALIA'S venture capital industry is fast catching up with its overseas counterparts.

Mr Gorman said the feedback he had received from distributors of a newventure capital technology fundsuggested the new group of investors was keen to diversify their investments.

PERTH City Councillors are concerned they are being leftout of vital decisions regarding the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Few commercial locations in Australia can match the atmosphere of The Old Swan Brewery. In every square metre of space, there is history and character. Gaze out the huge windows to the south-east, and you'll take in a spectacular view of the Swan River. T

BEHIND the concierge desks of three Perth hotels are membersof one of the world's proudest societies.

YOUNG investors are turning away from the traditional investments and heading to private equity – one of the forms of venture capital.

NTERNET growth is helping to stack the finance odds further in the favour of the consumer.

SEAPLANES may soon land on the Swan River again.

QUIET achiever SystemArt was in the limelight at the 2000 Asia Pacific IT&T Awards, winning the Best Business Innovation category.

THE flow of new cars into WA is improving.

IT SEEMS council staff have tried to sneak some street beautification works in with a plan to create a parking bay for disabled people on Milligan Street.

SMALL businesses that use an accrual accounting basis for GST will be far better placed in regards to lay-bys following aruling by Tax Commissioner Michael Carmody.

THE Australian Tax Office has announced changes that will apply from 1 July 2000 to superannuation arrangements and thresholds.

COUNCIL is being dragged into the battle between pubs and nightclubs in Northbridge, says Councillor Bert Tudori.