To list, or not to list? That is the question facing Australian resource company executives as they contemplate doing business in the capital of mining finance, London.
It's certainly not apparent these days but the much-vaunted Margaret River Wine Festival began life with a handful of its most dedicated winemakers pouring their wares for quizzical punters in the local tavern.
Mulitplex has received 54 registrations of interest, complete with a $5,000 registration fee, for 37 apartments to be offered as part of the Steve's redevelopment in Nedlands.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has hit back at calls to stop it gaining additonal flights into Australia by the nation's only international carrier Qantas.
Curtin University of Technology and Murdoch University have decided not to proceed with the proposed merger of the two institutions due to doubts about the impact of such a complex process.
The Gallop government's move to streamline the approvals process for resources developments is a welcome, albeit belated response to a critical issue in this state – making sure we maximise benefit from the boom we are experiencing.
From his Kingsley kitchen-cum-showroom, Brett Coddington practices an increasingly rare culinary art form. A pastry chef of 27 years, Mr Coddington is a chocolate artisan at the top of his game.
It's rare for the stars to align over all sectors of the property market, but in Western Australia right now the commercial, industrial, retail residential and land markets are all experiencing robust growth. Marsha Jacobs reports.
Four CBD office buildings worth more than $100 million are believed to be under contract for sale, including the prominent Wesfarmers and Clough buildings.
Market Equity managing director and shareholder Julie Beeck has had little time to take stock of things in the four years since she was named a winner in the inaugural WA Business News 40under40 Awards.
I had the pleasure of chairing a panel session for our recent Success & Leadership event, The Modern Entrepreneur in WA. The event kicked off the 2006 WA Business News 40under40 Awards by bringing together four previous winners from the program to discuss
An ongoing commitment by Ogden International Facilities Corporation to quality service and venues with a penchant for the theatrical was rewarded recently at the Restaurant and Catering Australia Awards for Excellence.
Benchmark Projects, project manager of the Mandurah Ocean Marina, has won the Western Australian section of the national Australian Institute of Project Management awards.
As the state's economy surges into unchartered prosperity, Western Australians are reaping the benefits of a bumper past few years and indulging their love for the good life.
For those who have recently had their bottom squeezed for 20-plus hours in economy flying to the UK to ease the squeeze on the company's bottom line, relief is at hand. It's called premium economy.
NICK Tana's Australian Fast Foods, which runs the Chicken Treat and Red Rooster food chains, has reported a strong 48 per cent increase in net profit to $5.6 million for the year to June 2005.
Nearly 14,000 Western Australian are estimated to have travelled to Melbourne for last month's AFL grand final, and from the tumbleweeds blowing down the terrace it's safe to assume a lot of those were business people.
Once labelled an airline of last resort, the born-again Air New Zealand has now become a frontrunner on Australia-New Zealand-US routes with a starkly different product at the cutting edge of industry trends.
