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Andrea Pearson discovered the beauty and value of freshwater pearls in China where she lived for four years.

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has launched a ‘compo kit' to help its members lodge claims for defective administration by the Australian Tax Office.

Sean Gavin has taken the acclaimed family-operated construction business, Gavin Construction in a new direction.

After five years at Telstra, where she worked her way up to the position of senior corporate account executive, managing one of Telstra's top accounts, Deanne Pederson jumped ship a

THE Australian Tax Office has expressed concern about schemes designed to avoid tax by shifting business profits into superannuation.

John Gillam heads up Wesfarmers' fertiliser and chemicals business, Wesfarmers CSBP Limited.

After working as a mortgage broker for seven years Greg Pennells and his partner, Ross Begley, had become disillusioned and disappointed by the lack of support available to mortgage

Overcoming hurdles, striving for excellence, and sheer determination are attributes that resonate from Mr Buzza's persona.

Nikki Griffiths has experienced the hardship of business early in her career and, at 26, has over-come adversity to create a successful graphic design operation.

Success as a chartered accountant can be measured many ways.

WHAT a strange place Australia is.

WA Business News' 40under40 Awards is not about first and last, it is not about creating tallies, scoreboards, or runnersup.

The infamous ‘tech wreck' of March 2000 could not stop the infant dot.com business aussiehome.com from surviving and achieving success.

From beginnings as a one-man operation in 1992, Carmelo Princiotto has built his business, Jamel Industries, into one of WA's largest domestic furniture manufacturers, specialising

HERE are the first three paragraphs from an article in a local newspaper (Western Suburbs Weekly) that reached letterboxes around February 4.

This year's 40under40 winners are testimony to the diverse nature that is business in WA.

Neil Hancock founded Portacom in his family garage in 1984 while just 21 years of age.

With around 15 years of accountancy experience under his belt, Vincent Smith is a specialist in the field of insolvency and corporate reconstruction.

CROSS selling, a practice that has been gaining momentum in big businesses for many years, could prove a successful tool for small businesses. The aim of cross selling is to get more value from each customer.

WITH expressions of interest flooding in from businesses in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Northern Territory and Perth, the 2003 North West Expo is shaping up to be a stellar regional event.

MANAGEMENT at WA's largest advertising agency Marketforce is awaiting the outcome of weeks of speculation that eastern States-based agency George Patterson Bates ha

LESS than a year after it was bought out of financial difficulty, Western Australian advertising agency ReynoldStratagem has disappeared from the landscape.

HARDWARE, software and security needs are three of the most important elements in the creation of a home office.

THE home has become a favoured work site, whether on a full-time basis or for the flexibility it can offer. ABS statistics for the year 2000 say that 20 per cent of people worked in their own home or a home other than their employer's or client's home.

A new scheme to maximise local content on major projects formally took effect on January 1. Mark Beyer takes a close look at how major Western Australian projects are performing.

WE read your article on the importance of securing Internet domain names in WA Business News (January 30 2003) and concur that picking a good domain name is importa

COMPANIES hoping to win big contracts from the Western Australian Government are now required to prepare Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plans.

WITH building approvals for private sector houses and total dwelling units falling for the past four months, all indications suggest that WA's housing boom is on the wane.

THE centrepiece of the new local content incentive scheme, which formally commenced on January 1, is Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plans.

INTERIOR designers increasingly are being seen as the knights in shining armour for corporate managers juggling technological change and staff satisfaction, while m

IF there was an award for companies achieving high local content on Western Australian projects, BHP Billiton would take line honours, while Woodside would be a con

The world's appreciation of Western Australian wines is growing, and the efforts of Patrick Salord and other sommeliers is helping drive the success, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.