Special Report: Rising Stars

Concerted investment in people has helped Rising Stars award winner Datacom Systems WA maintain strong growth despite challenging market conditions.

THERE is an air of confidence around HHG Legal director Simon Creek.

ENVIRONMENTAL consultancy Outback Ecology is one of the 2010 Rising Stars award winners.

THE Building Solutions journey began in December 2004 as a business idea shared between two friends.Despite having no previous experience running their own construction business, an accountant, David

ONE of Western Australia’s fastest-growing surveying companies has successfully navigated through the economic downturn, increasing its annual turnover by almost 375 per cent and tripling its staffing levels in recent years.

IN just over a decade in the market, Peard Real Estate Group has established itself as one of Perth’s most successful locally owned and operated real estate groups.

WESTERN Australia’s first liquor store franchise has achieved considerable growth since opening five years ago, after initially attracting fierce opposition from the sector’s bigger players.

BOUTIQUE homebuilder Averna Homes has made an almost-instant impact on Western Australia’s residential building sector since its inception in 2007.

THE Chooks Fresh & Tasty concept began with ‘chief chook’ Steve Hansen, who started out in franchising 27 years ago when he invested in a Chicken World business with his father-in-law, Colin Manuel.

THE recruitment industry may have felt the effects of the global economic downturn more than most, as evidenced by the number of local businesses to fold in the past year, but Marble Group presents a different story.