DECENTRALISATION of tenants to suburban locations and the downsizing in corporate organisations has caused the Perth CBD office market to experience a negative net absorption over the past three years to September 2003.
WIRELESS specialist Memo Communications is developing a niche market for its products to assist hearing-impaired workers gain employment and work more effectively.
FRANKLAND River Olive Company is preparing to launch its inaugural advertising and marketing campaign as it gears up for the biggest harvest in its five-year history.
AN increasingly competitive retail environment for supermarket grocery items has prompted Western Australian owned Anchor Foods to revamp one of its core brands – Spencers.
ERIC Ripper should resign. At least that's the call made by numerous people during the past week as the State's Energy Minister has copped the full brunt of our displeasure at being deprived of air-conditioning, among other power services.
WHENEVER controversies surface at the national level that impact, even indirectly, upon State affairs it's hard to hold back premiers and/or State opposition leaders from commenting.
After many years working with one of Perth's renowned master restaurateurs, two of the city's brightest stars are going out on their own, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
THE two men now in charge of Western Power are among the busiest directors in Perth, but Neil Hamilton and Harvey Collins both recognise they need to cut back some of their work duties.
TWO of the best-known names in WA wine are striking out on their own, partly to have a bit of fun but also to start a new business, and possibly to help launch the career of a brilliant young winemaker.
THE businesses that suffered from last week's electricity crisis covered the full spectrum, from manufacturers and lawyers through to restaurants and retailers.
After a decade of little to no growth, Western Australia's unique port city, Fremantle, has become the darling of developers and is poised to strengthen its position as an alternative regional centre to Perth.
MARKET forces may be driving the swath of residential developments under way in Fremantle but the push to reinvigorate the city into a thriving and vibrant commercial centre has come from within the City of Fremantle.
TOURISM icon the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle has undergone a massive $16 million expansion in response to the city's growing profile as a leisure and business function destination.
Gary Cox entered the Wray and Associates partnership before his 30th birthday and four years later became chairman of partners while studying a law degree part time.
In her position as Mission Australia manager of corporate and community partnerships, Liz McComish has the task of attracting support for welfare programs.
When Selina Duncalf joined BankWest as a human resource consultant at the age of 28, she set herself the ambitious goal to join the bank's senior executive team within five years.
Justin Miller has a keen knowledge of the Australian IT marketplace and has used this information to establish and build the WA arm of BCA IT, one of Australia's largest privately o
Prior to setting up her own management consultancy, Danicia Dutry was head-hunted from BHP Billiton Iron Ore by Woodside Energy to become Woodside's senior external affairs adviser.
In his capacity as dean of the faculties of Economics and Commerce, Education, and Law at the University of Western Australia, Paul McLeod is responsible for business administration
