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Western Australia's economic boom has been good for Andrea Morgan's business in many ways.

Developer ING Real Estate has been buoyed by last week's green light to progress its long-awaited $200 million Victoria Quay redevelopment, which was the subject of extended community consultation last year.

The upward trajectory of office rents in the Perth CBD may be grabbing the headlines, but car bay rents are also doing their bit to create headaches for those who work in the city.

Data recovery and storage company, SpectrumData Ltd, has accepted a request by US space agency NASA to retrieve data from 200 magnetic reel tapes broadcast more than 35 years ago.

If you can buy a big bottle of multi-vitamins for $20 why do some people still pay $30?There is a one-word answer: ignorance.

Staff retention is an ongoing challenge for many not-for-profit human services providers in competition with the private sector.

Ismail (Ish) Tosun doesn't want to have another year like 2006.

Commercial players are not alone in facing a shortage of office space in the CBD as a result of the state's economic boom, with the not-for-profit sector also struggling to deal with rising rental rates and the space squeeze.

It has been about a year since Joel Hubble convinced a friend to part with some hard-earned and back a new online venture focused on providing information on Western Australian restaurants and cafes.

While the retail trading hours debate has waned for the time being, I thought I'd throw a little bit of fresh light on the subject from a personal perspective.

Gusto sends a birthday greeting to La Vigna bottle shop proprietor, Michael Tamburi, who celebrated his 50th birthday at the weekend.

Whether they are a government minister or a laboratory scientist, women across WA are getting runs on the board. But there are added challenges as they juggle demanding careers with family responsibilities.

With Labor's leadership change over made inside 11 months of a scheduled national election, it's most unlikely John Howard can now stand down from the position of prime minister, even if he so wished.

Women remain significantly under-represented in the boardroom, with only marginal increases in the number of women directors and companies with at least one woman on their board during the past two years.

Alannah MacTiernan is no stranger to controversy.

Employment lawyer Maria Saraceni says she would have made her parents proud if she had become a hairdresser, married young and produced plenty of grandchildren.

The Australian Labor Party is considering a plan to extend maternity leave from 12 months to two years and giving parents the right to request part-time work when they return to their jobs.

With an acclaimed science career spanning more than 30 years, Western Australia's chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, could hardly be criticised for moving into a well paid government advisory job.

Establishing a flight training business in Perth 10 years ago was easy, according to pilot Min Stokes, but no-one could have prepared her for the bumpy ride that followed.

It has been a challenging two years for UWA Business School dean Tracey Horton.

Family is such a high priority for the Perth partners of accounting and advisory firm, Pitcher Partners, that the partners included a room specially designed for their children, and the children of their employees, when they moved into their new St George

Since 2005, WA Business News' Women in Business feature has profiled many high-profile decision-makers in the state's business community.

Perth's overdue residential property price correction, which promises to prune 20 per cent off the value of most homes, also promises to be memorable for two other reasons – it is

Perth's commercial leasing agents are warning the city's office space crisis will intensify this year, potentially leaving companies no choice but to pre-commit to proposed office projects or stay put and face expensive lease renewals.

After helping US investment giant GE Real Estate secure a large number of Australian properties last year, Savills has been awarded the lucrative management rights to 20 of GE's new Western Australian assets, including Allendale Square.

The Alinta Ltd management buy out has resulted in a massive amount of commentary this past week, much of it unflattering to those behind the move.

THE Note can't resist indulging in some low-key bragging when the occasion permits; particularly when a story is launched by this newspaper and goes on to make a splash elsewhere.

Concerns over the depletion of fossil fuels, climate change and air pollution have led to a heightened interest in renewable energy projects in Western Australia.

With the realisation that Western Australia's current resources boom will eventually come to an end, the state government has placed considerable emphasis on developing WA as a hub for innovation and industrial development.

Business may not think investigating the eyesight of a parrot has much to offer them. But for Western Australia's new chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, there are very real applications for industry.

Winning Western Australian Inventor of the Year appears to be paying dividends for Live Technologies Ltd.

Despite the high wealth levels currently being generated across a range of industries in Western Australia, many technology start-up firms are shutting up shop and looking elsewhere to secure funding.