PERTH food supply group Sealanes has engaged the local community in its efforts to ease the passage of a proposed 25,000 square metre development in South Fremantle.
THE news that Umberto Tinelli is opening a new restaurant, Rigoletto, just minutes away from his former establishment, Campo de Fiori (now known as Gala Restaurant), does not worry Gala's new owners Hans Lang and Marianne Kempf.
On his way back down south for another vintage David Pike turns his mind to the weighty topic of the emergence of regionality in WA's wine growing centres.
TWO Western Australian companies have been taken to court for misleading advertising, one by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the other by the
THERE was limited but steady growth for Perth's architectural firms last year as the five largest names continued to dominate the top end of the market.
WA'S poor performance in the latest Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program funding is a reflection of the State's inability to compete for Commonwealth funding, according to academics spoken to by WA Business News.
The CRC is the nation's major coll
PROVIDING seed funding, encouraging better collaboration between universities and industry, and promoting WA as a R&D hub are vital if WA is to make it into the big league.
There's nothing like immersing yourself in a culture to discover the wonders of its culinary traditions, and an upcoming visit to Italy is bound to appeal, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
LOCAL electronics design and manufacturing company Omnitronics is gaining international momentum and will ship its communications products to Canada and Scotland later this month.
INNOVATION is a strange concept in Australia.
I have written before that our innovation is often the bush mechanic style of being able to keep things together with wire and string.
JOE Poprzeczny's State Scene article ‘Wedged on the Reef' of January 16 2003 was very appropriate considering the timing of current announcements concerning the Ningaloo Reef developments.
CUTTING prices is often seen as an easy way for businesses to boost their turnover, especially in difficult trading conditions. But it's a strategy that is fraught with danger.
THE misuse of email systems by staff is by far the most common email security problem. The potentially devastating consequences associated with the abuse of company email systems highlights the critical importance of developing and implementing a
NANOTECHNOLOGY developed by UWA researchers as part of a ‘Centres of Excellence' program is poised to revolutionise the sunscreen market and is set to attack the cosmetics, microelectronics, baby care and homeware industries.
A RECENTLY formed WA company is making significant strides in its quest to find a treatment to arrest Alzheimer's disease.
UWA research offshoot Alzhyme Pty Ltd has a patent pending on its research and has secured investment to further its research.
COOL Energy is running hot. The company, which was formed three months ago, is enjoying the fruits of LNG research breakthroughs by Curtin University Professor Robert Amin.
With the sun setting on the festive season David Pike turns his mind to pre-season training for its return next year and the contemplation of some Tasmanian offerings.
TWO separate studies released over the past month have highlighted the risk of insolvency among Australian companies.
The studies formed markedly different views on the degree of risk, however, leaving investors and business people with an awkward
INVESTORS and business people trying to assess the credit quality of other companies can assess a range of financial and non-financial indicators.
John Carello, the reconstruction and advisory services partner at accounting firm PKF, said warning signs
WA Business News' inaugural survey of Western Australian equity capital markets has highlighted the dominance of a handful of stockbroking firms. Mark Beyer looks at the market in 2002 and its prospects for 2003.
