THE large paperwork and compliance load on small businesses has been highlighted by a new tax office report on its compliance program for 2002-03.
The report itemises the volume of paperwork facing Australia's 2.5 million ‘micro' businesses;
CORPORATE finance executives have nominated Croesus Mining's purchase of Central Norseman Gold as WA's top deal for 2002.
The $65 million Croesus-Great Central deal gained high praise from nearly every corporate finance executive surveyed by WA Business
DICKENSIAN England gave us the blood-curdling Tale of Two Cities.
Not to be outdone, WA is giving us the intriguing ‘Tale of Two Nor-West Resorts'.
Back in the Dowding years the Labor government called for expressions of interest to develop a resort at
LEAGUE tables always generate plenty of debate, both for the rankings they produce and the methodology employed to construct them.
The contentious nature of league tables is illustrated by the fact that four different broking firms could claim to be the
PHARMACEUTICAL developer Chemeq and gold miner Abelle were two prominent companies that managed to raise fresh equity last year without using broking firms.
Chemeq raised a total of $18 million in fresh equity while Abelle completed a successful $10m
STOCKBROKER Euroz Securities is moving to new premises to accommodate recent and planned growth in the business.
A major recent initiative was the establishment of a dedicated corporate finance department, headed by new recruits Karl Paganin and Doug
THERE can be little argument that electronic mail is a mission-critical and indispensible business tool upon which most enterprises are partially or totally dependent.
However, as is often the case with technologies offering significant advantages to
SECURITY risk specialists Osprey Asset Management (OAM) has used digital asset software to produce an interactive travel risk-training package.
OAM last year commissioned Perth company Optimiser to develop software to allocate usage time for the CD-based
WHILE 2003 may not have had quite the bleak beginning of 2002, talk of cutbacks and consolidations within the advertising industry is rife.
A fall in consumer confidence and the Western Australian Government's decision last year to cut its advertising
PLANNING marketing and sales offerings around special occasions can be a successful way for small businesses to build their profits.
Traditionally these dates included Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Christmas and Easter, how-ever, Australia Day and Anzac Day
LOCAL developers are becoming increasingly concerned about the State's planning system, which they claim is too costly and lacking experienced planners.
At the heart of the matter are inconsistencies across the State's local councils.
AN increase in institutional ownership of major commercial and retail properties in Perth led to a rise in the number of sales completed in 2002 without an agent's involvement.
A Perth chef has brought a little touch of class back to the preparation of a fine cup of coffee with the arrival from Belgium of the Royal Coffeemaker, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
COULD there soon be a new restaurant in Applecross? There has been talk for some time that the former Heathcote Hospital site, with its exceptional views, would be a good home for a restaurant. Gusto has heard that two prominent Perth restaurateurs have
SEVEN WA companies paid more than $1 million to their top executive in their latest financial year. The big payers are heavily biased towards WA's largest companies, ranked by market capitalisation.
THOSE business people lucky enough to have a break over the next few weeks have an ideal opportunity to review their business's health.
“It's important to get out of the daily grind and think about where you are going and what you want to achieve
IN the fast-paced world of information communication technology there were two issues that dominated the local industry this year – the State Government’s SPIRIT and WA-MAID initiatives and the Pinnacle Blue super computer.
AUDIT independence and professional indemnity insurance remain two of the biggest issues facing the accounting profession, according to the outgoing president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA).
Perth-based Geoff Brayshaw will
It has been a big year for foodies in Perth with a few famous names moving on and some new trends emerging on the local scene, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
THERE were mixed results for WA companies hoping to make it to the boards during the past six months. The majority of the 13 to make the cut had a less-than-spectacular debut, with the average return firmly in negative territory.
CONSUMERS are forcing major take-away chains to offer more choices and a greater variety of healthy food items.
The appearance of salads, wraps, and baguettes at some of the world's major fast-food chains has been brought about by a change in consumers'
O'BRIENS Irish Sandwich Bar opened its first Australian store in West Perth this week.
The global franchise has more than 200 stores and its operation has been brought to Australia by Perth businessman Rob Moran and his Sydney-based business partner Brya
THE deregulation of retail trading hours is expected to deliver a bonus to some retail property owners, however, not everyone will emerge a winner.
One retail property analyst said the spectre of deregulated trading hours represented two very dif
ONE of WA's most successful travel industry trade titles is launching a spin-off publication aimed at the general travelling public.
Traveltalk Asia-Pacific has been a travel industry staple for more than two decades and is now releasing a retail version
POSTERS used as part of a promotion to garner public support to the City of Perth's push to sink two railway lines have become an unlikely souvenir, particularly for English back-packers.
Featuring the London Underground logo and the tagline: “As
NEXT year looks like a strong one for the recruitment sector if the strong growth enjoyed in 2002 continues to build.
After a difficult 2001, blighted by corporate collapses around the world and hit even harder by the September 11 terrorist atta
A RECENT union attempt to use the enterprise orders created by WA's new industrial relations laws has highlighted the Australian Industrial Relations Commission's unwillingness to engage in State-based industrial relations issues unless some form
THE absence of regulation in the strata management industry has provoked concern about this $28.5 billion sector of the residential property market.
The chairman of a Legislative Assembly inquiry into the strata management industry in WA, Member
A PROPOSAL for an 86-room floating hotel at Barrack Square has been given conditional approval by the City of Perth Council.
The $25 million development proposal, put forward by local operation PH3 Property Group, will now go before the Swan Rive
