A PROJECT to supplement WA's wild scallop stocks has begun.The project, run by Geraldton fishing company Elmwood Holdings, will support research and development into the production of juvenile scallops for release back into the wild.
PASPALEY Pearls Group, the largest producer of South Sea pearls in the world, was the first to take advantage of the new Tropical Aquaculture Park located on the out skirts of Broome – and is already meeting with success.
MONEY management, a convention centre, a town planner, sinking the railway line and giving property owners' votes more weight were some of the issues canvassed in the recent Lord Mayoral debate.
COMPANIES using surveillance equipment to monitor people engaged in ‘private' activities will face penalties of up to $50,000 under new WA legislation soon to become law.
ONE of Australia's largest recruiters, Employment National, had a record 11,588 job placements in March — up over 40 per cent on the previous best results.
PERTH'S last free to air television service Channel 31 has had its launch date pushed back by a worldwide shortage of technical parts.It is now likely the community access station will start broadcasting in June.
WA FOOD and beverage producers will soon have a huge chance to break into the UK market as Selfridges turns its London and Manchester foodhalls over to WA produce.
FAILURE in business is no mystery. Over and over again, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make near identical mistakes.According to CPA Small Business spokesman Colin Beavis, up to 90 per cent of SMEs make the same financial mistakes.
THE Australian Newsagents Federation has sought Australian Competition and Consumer Commission permission to hold representative negotiations with individual major publishers and distributors on behalf of newsagents.
COUNCIL has bent the rules to get a multi million dollar development off the ground at 131-137 Adelaide Terrace.Apparently the development is to be conducted by the Fini Group, which Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass said had done a lot for the city.
AUSTRALIAN shopping centres could become empty shells if centre managers do not pay more attention to accurate customer traffic statistics, says retail performance specialist FootFall managing director John Gallagher.
A GRUELLING five-day process has turned out a series of visions for the future of Perth.On April 9 three teams of architects, town planners, landscape architects and urban designers undertook a brainstorming session.
CONSTRUCTION worth more than $120 million is underway or planned in Joondalup. Lands Minister Doug Shave said a LandCorp review found projects worth $38 million were underway, $82 million were planned and $25 million were recently completed.
A WA small business training and advisory company is Indonesia bound.Living With Business recently won a major AusAid training project to deliver enterprise education throughout Indonesia.
WA'S fast-growing aluminium fast ferry industry has drawn a major international firm to Perth.And other international companies are showing interest in the works of shipbuilders such as Austal Ships and WaveMaster International.
A WA-based national chemical processing and manufacturing firm is out to mix it with the big boys.Joyce Corporation Ltd is trying to raise its market capitalisation to at least $50 million.
LESS than 9 per cent of permanent employees say their companies provide childcare or pay for it, a 1,000-person survey by business support personnel firm Alectus has found.
