West Perth mining companies are usually run by one of two types – the accountants who never get their hands dirty and the operators who’ve seen it all first hand.
Eight years ago, former trucking and mining contractor Michael Kiernan found himself about $2.5 million out of pocket when manganese miner Valiant Consolidated collapsed.
The latest statistical snapshot of the small business sector has highlighted the emergence over the past decade of home-based businesses, which account for 72 per cent of the 139,500 small businesses in Western Australia.
The number of small business lobby groups in Western Australia has ballooned over the past year, and while all cover similar issues they represent different parts of the small business community.
WA Retail & Small Business Association, CEO Brett DunstoneOpposes deregulation. Formed in mid 2004. Claims non-political status but was launched by Colin Barnett.
A home-operated business started in May 2003 by Jenny Spring so she could spend more time raising her children has become a global operation with forward estimate earnings of $4 million.
In a rare moment of candour after last year’s Federal election, former Labor leader Mark Latham acknowledged that his party’s policies had failed to keep pace with changing society.
It takes a perspective from outside the square to find comparisons between raising children and running a company, but that’s how one of Western Australia’s most accomplished directors, Fiona Harris,
Learning to adapt to changing circumstances is a key component in long-term professional survival, according to former teacher, lawyer, barrister, and now tax partner at Ernst & Young, Celia Searl
DIRECTORSRobyn Ahern: BankWest; WA division for Australian Institute of Company Directors takeovers panel; director, RACWA Holdings.Christine Bennett: director, Resonance Health.Caroline Bentley: dire
Networking and becoming a known commodity is one of the key elements to success in business, according to Heather Zampatti.“A real key is to build a network and become known in the community, but you
Some of last year’s WA Business News 40under40 winners share their thoughts on being young women in business. Danicia DutryQ&A Communications group director“The unfamiliarity of having women
From an early age Jenny Seabrook was familiar with the notion of markets and investments as her single mother successfully raised her children and then put them through university solely on the return
While women remain a minority in senior management and around boardroom tables, Western Australia has produced several leaders in their fields. Marsha Jacobs talks to some of this State’s top performers.
A LACK of research and development funding is the principal reason Western Australia is falling behind the R&D powerhouses of New South Wales and Queensland, despite continued growth in the number
