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PREMIER Geoff Gallop calls it being held to ransom; the National Competition Council calls it fair play.

While reflecting on past sins during night shift at the winery David Pike contemplates the international successes of some of Western Australia's wineries.

REGIONAL food producers and growers' markets believe the deregulation of trading hours will severely impact on their businesses.

STRONG demand for wine education programs has prompted the Wine Education Centre to take its wine courses to Perth's boardrooms.

THE tourism industry and tourist operators could suffer the consequences of deregulation, according to the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce.

In the second in a series on mergers and acquisitions, Mark Beyer looks at the type of information business owners need to provide potential buyers.

THE outsourcing of programming requirements is becoming more common as companies move towards better quality applications and faster, cheaper delivery.

AUSTRALIANS paid nearly $214 billion in taxes last financial year, with most paid in the form of personal and company income taxes

THE Federal Government's E-commerce Expert Group will review consumer protection issues in relation to the increased use of m-commerce (mobile commerce) by businesses.

AT a time when most accountants like to be called business advisers, local firm McKessar Tieleman has bucked the trend.

LOCAL electronic engineering commercial and operational services company Atamo heads to Sydney next week in an effort to secure new commercialisation ventures.

THE Australian Tax Office has started sending letters to 9,000 firms in the building and construction industry as part of a campaign to stamp out the cash economy.

In the second instalment in his series on small business marketing Noel Dyson looks at how to put a marketing plan together.

THE brands of one of Western Australia's oldest institutions, and some of its favourite games, will change on April 27.

THE West Australian Newspapers-owned Mandurah Telegraph will publish for the last time on Wednesday March 26 as part of plans to decentralise sub-editing functions and cut costs.

In the first instalment in a four-part series on marketing for small businesses, Noel Dyson examines the need for ‘a plan'. A MARKETING plan is considered crucial for success of any business, let alone a small business.

In the first of a six-part series on mergers and acquisitions, Mark Beyer looks at who can help with buying and selling of businesses, large and small.

OSBORNE Park-based Q-Mac Electronics is a classic example of a company that let marketing drive the development of its main product.

A RECENT survey by CPA Australia has highlighted the potential fall-out from the rising cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance cover for accountants.

TIGHT budgets, a tough stock market and investors watching for any signs of corporate extravagance have removed the gloss from the business of producing annual reports.

THE Federal Government has announced measures to improve the so-called Simplified Tax System (STS) and foreshadowed other changes to further improve the tax system.

CHANNEL 9 Perth has won the third week of the 2003 survey period – thanks to the gripping finish to the World Cup Cricket match between India and Pakistan on March 1.

THE Advertising Federation of Australia is calling for all advertising agencies to recognise deaf and hearing impaired people in the preparation of television advertising.

SPORTS broadcaster George Grljusich has agreed to write a twice-weekly column for the locally operated AFL site footygoss.com.au

In the first of a series on IT outsourcing, Julie-anne Sprague examines who's bidding for the major contracts. MOST local IT outsourcing companies agree that government contracts account for a large slice of work in Western Australia.

AFTER a torrid two years, signs of a recovery in the information technology sector are starting to appear.

MAJOR advances in computer hardware have enabled relatively old speech recognition software to achieve renewed market acceptance.

SPURRED on by the poor performance of the stock market, low interest rates and government incentives, investors have been spending up big on property.

WA regional ports' executive management and their boards are overseeing major expansions, planning for trade in new commodities, and negotiating rural industry setbacks.

ALL property owners in Western Australia will contribute to funding the State's fire and emergency services from July 1 this year.

TWO years ago there were just two women on WA's port authority boards, but now there is one on each of the eight boards, and 11 in total.

THE housing and renovation industry accounted for over one third of Australia's economic growth in 2002.