Staff Reporters

INVESTORS and property owners may be looking nervously in the direction of the Reserve Bank as pressure on interest rates builds, but their efforts to maintain strong returns on investments have an ally in the growing technology solutions provider sector.

WORKSAFE will embark on a ‘targeted enforcement drive' on injury reporting in the coming months following several recent legislative breaches.

Integrated Group Ltd - 03-Sep-03

Deep Yellow Ltd - 10-Sep-03Is to place 24 million shares at 2.1 cents to raise $504,000

Macmahon Holdings Ltd - 09-Sep-03 Macmahon's Open Cut division has been awarded two new contracts with a combined value of $210 million.

THE Western Australian Government is seeking the views of people and organisations for a review of extended working hours.

Medepartner chief financial officer Paul Molloy joins the board as finance director.

FISHING minnow Cervantes Seafood has revealed a $4.2 million loss as it prepares to take to shareholders a proposal to merge with bigger rival Bluewave Seafood.

DELOITTE Forensic has expanded its team with the appointment of three new staff.

View Resources Ltd - 02-Sep-03 Voitek Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 40,499,999 ordinary shares (8.9%)

Gribbles Group Ltd - 10-Sep-03 Has acquired three human pathology businesses.

Sub-SaharaResources NL - 08-Sep-03

On Wednesday September 24 8M Media and Communications, is running a half day seminar titled Powerful and Persuasive Speech Writing at The WA Club from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

Paul Brown has been appointed company secretary for Strata, replacing Malcolm Di Giulio who has resigned.

TAX campaigners have hailed a recent Federal Court decision as a big win for investors in mass marketed ‘tax effective' investment schemes.

THE Perron Group has bought a 50 per cent stake in the CBD property Central Park from the Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB).

Commonwealth Bank of Australia increased its relevant interest from 10,036,914 ordinary shares (10.35%) to 11,385,519 ordinary shares (11.50%)

771,375 Ordinary Shares Fully Paid will be released from escrow on 12 September 2003.

General Meeting to be held on 7th October 2003 at 2.30pm at Suite 1, Level 5, 189 Flinders Lane, Melbourne at 2.30pm

Proposed code: STB Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold and nickel explorer

DAVID and Suzzanne Laidlaw have sold their business Laidlaw Australia to Richard and Anne Price.

WESTERN Australian explorer Batavia Mining is relisting on the Australian Stock Exchange after receiving strong support for its $2.7 million entitlement issue.

Paradice Cooper Investors Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,257,270 ordinary shares (7.55%).

Has completed a placement to institutional and other sophisticated investors to raise $1.15 million.

Has entered into a formal Share Purchase Agreement for the sale of 100% of the shares held by DCL in Commcord. The consideration for the sale of DCL's Commcordshares is $1,100

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released draft guidelines for the inclusion of information relating to labour standards and environmental, social and ethica

JOHN Lowe has been appointed strategic marketing director with Ad Impact Advertising.

Gopala Krishnan has resigned as chairman of Kaefer Technologies Limited and has been replaced by George Hogg. Mr Krishnan will remain as a non-executive director of the company.

WESTERN Australia is Australia's biggest exporter of timber furniture and the third largest exporter of furniture.

THE Western Australian Farmers Federation has greeted the announcement of AWB Ltd's acquisition of Wesfarmers Landmark with cautious optimism.

Anglo Pacific Group plc increased its relevant interest from 7,357,901 ordinary shares (10.57%) to 8,128,831 ordinary shares (11.68%)

Supreme Court of Western Australia has granted orders to convene a meeting of Spinifex's shareholders' and optionholders' for the purposes of voting on the merger of the Gallery Gol