AUSTRALIA'S publicly listed debt collection companies have improved their financial performance over the past year but the sector as a whole is characterised by weak earnings.
For the nation's footballers and fans the business end of the season is fast approaching. It's a similar story for those in the wine trade, with players this week limbering up at the Peel Estate shiraz tasting, as David Pike reports.
FOR an industry desperate for funding to help it become globally competitive and innovative, the furniture sector is surprisingly circumspect about the loss of $15 million in Federal funds.
THE green light for the Gorgon is a major step ahead for Western Australia and, as the Federal politicians know, a significant boost to the nation's treasury.
THE State Government has rejected plans to build a $350 million international theme park, motor racing circuit and hotel on the 70-hectare site at the old railway workshops in central Midland.
In this week's instalment of the Outgrowing Your Space series, Tracey Cook examines what tenants should be aware of when signing up a new lease to ensure that they can exit a premises in the most cost-efficient manner.
THE management team developing Perth's Hospitality Training Centre is on a mission – to develop improved industry participation in the operation and training of hospitality students in Western Australia.
WITH the next State election likely in mid-2004 rather than early 2005, and set to be a close encounter, it's worth asking what kind of premier Opposition leader Colin Barnett would make.
FOOTWEAR retailer Betts (formerly Betts and Betts) will launch a new set of TV ads this week aimed at creating market awareness for its new ‘fashion' retail focus.
RECENT high levels of two-way investment between Australia and the US would be further enhanced by a free trade agreement, according to the Australian APEC Study Centre.
After the intensity of the recent Sheraton Wine Awards David Pike decides to take a breather from the grape and instead focus on some of the best spirits Scotland has to offer.
AUSTRALIAN prime ministers, like democratically elected leaders worldwide, are under constant pressure from published opinion polls that tell voters how leaders are faring between elections.
Trade experts and professionals from around the world gathered in Perth last week to discuss the AUSFTA, the proposed free trade agreement between Australia and the US.
IT seems that we have seen our first results from negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US, with many Western Australian farmers ending up winners even though no deal has been signed yet.
Given that most fit-outs are retained for at least five years, planning technology infrastructure is paramount to both a business's operations and its bottom line, as Tracey Cook reports.
THE Property Council of WA has launched a campaign to protest the increasing levies to which the property industry is subject under the recently introduced Fire & Emergency Services Authority (FESA) levy.
A RECENT report by BIS Shrapnel has cast doubt on the projections of many property market commentators regarding the national residential construction boom.
In a follow up to her story on computer worms and viruses, and the differences between them, Alison Birrane this week looks at strategies to prevent and minimise attacks.
ELECTRONICS and manufacturing company Omnitronics is in the midst of a national marketing campaign as it prepares to take its latest product into the international arena.
