Staff Reporters

MOVING from the security of the small primary school class group can often cause considerable anxiety to students starting high school.

REGARDLESS of their size, industry or financial health, a majority of major companies around the world are suffering some version of executive talent shortage.

PROPERTY analysts gazing into their crystal balls have forecast a relatively stable property market for the CBD during the remaining months of this calendar year.

THE Brumby's bakery franchise has grown to 35 branches throughout WA in the past five years — with another seven planned by the end of the year.

SOVEREIGN Resources (Australia) NL has reached a significant milestone in the development of its SRDC manganese sulphate project.

WESLEY College recently launched WA's first interschool student tabloid publication, xiBit, involving 10 other independent Perth schools.

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Gold Corporation CEO Don Mackay-Coghill and WMC executive general manager, Peter Johnston are among those maintaining faith in gold. As you would expect.

THE 1999 Business Opportunities and Franchise Expo at Burswood Dome in May should attract around 5,000 people.

LandCorp's renewed focus on disposing of surplus government land assets is taking shape at several new sites.

Every organisation today uses computers and all managers, like it or not, have to understand how to take advantage of information technology (IT).

TENIX Defence Systems recently opened a regional office in Darwin to supply electronic communication systems to the region's oil and gas, resource and defence industries.

Deputy lord mayor Tess Stroud is “dying to see more cranes on the skyline” but warns “we don't want to grow too quickly”.

The fuss is about a new restaurant in Margaret River's main street; VAT 107.

The WA housing sector has hit new highs in buying sentiment and affordability.

A business consultancy is teaching marketing and communications using Neuro Linguistic Programming.

We watched man walk on the moon, the iron curtain lower, missiles rain on Iran and Balkan refugees flee. All in our loungerooms.

Perth has evolved into a surprisingly well planned city despite lacking a town planner, says WA Chinese Chamber of Commerce vice president and trade committee chairman Roger Kwok.

Despite public statements by insurers to the contrary, it is possible to purchase some forms of Year 2000 Problem insurance.

WA'S independent supermarket owners are pleading for Federal Government intervention to save their businesses.

Most businesses are over-managed and under-led, says business coach and ‘change agent' Jennifer Elliot of Soft Skills Australia.

In garages all around Australia, in car boots, in boxes, lofts and under houses, there are balls by the millions.White balls, yellow balls, fluffy balls, bald balls, big balls and small balls. All unused balls.

The railway is a barrier between the city and Northbridge and should be sunk, says City of Subiaco councillor Rob Butler.

MineMAX is an innovative new mine scheduling tool designed and manufactured in Perth by Technology Park-based Combinatorics.

#WITH a 28 per cent success rate in the exploration of the Timor Sea region, there is currently a strong industry focus on offshore and onshore oil and gas development.

The Y2K computer bug will be just the start of problems for business in Year 2000 with the real day of reckoning to come on July 1.

Perth-based recruiter Bell Personnel has moved into the Northern Territory recruitment market.

THE New Living program by Homeswest continues to gather momentum with more residential property being placed on the market.

While demand for prime office investment remains strong, negative sentiment in the resource sector is affecting the commercial market.

Far too many Australian organisations are jumping into mentoring and not reaping the benefits says mentoring expert Linda MacGregor.

MINING, oil and gas are important business areas to be highlighted at this year's NT Expo.

Exciting times lie ahead for Perth-based Centamin NL — recently renamed Centamin Egypt Limited — following corporate moves to break into gold producer status.