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WESTERN Australia's current trading hours regime is an impost to business, according to several big names in the State's retail landscape.

CHRISTIAN Tinelli might not be as well known as his father, Umberto, but then again he's only a relative newcomer to managing hospitality businesses.

ROBYN Ahern took a job in the family business, department store Aherns, to earn some money to finance a bit of overseas travel.

SO it's out with the chef and in with the critic for the next series of Channel Seven's reality TV series My Restaurant Rules.

AN ability to deliver the right products in the right environment is an essential component in the ever-competitive retail world.

WESTERN Australians quickly forget former premiers. Thankfully Perth author and poet Hal Colebatch, son of WA's shortest-serving premier Sir Hal Colebatch, reminds us of his father's efforts and achievements in a recently released biography.

RAY Della-Polina sold his farm businesses to move to the ‘big smoke' in his 20s and bought into a Perth small-parts business called Marlows.

Decisions, decisions, indecisions, indecisions... Why?

MURDOCH University post-graduate studies program chair and University of Western Australia PhD student, Grant Robertson, believes shopping for groceries on the Internet will become common-place in

WHILE increasing median house and land values are widely seen as positive, particularly by those already in the market, home affordability is rapidly becoming a sensitive issue in Western Australia.

GROCERY wholesaler Metcash Trading has pledged to sell all of the Action supermarkets across Australia to independent owners should it succeed in its

Retail giants share secrets IT'S always hard to get retailers to share their secrets, so sometimes you have to wait until they retire or sell up before they'll let a few tips slip.

PREMIER Geoff Gallop recently declined to support a referendum on daylight saving in Western Australia.

THE property rights issue was firmly on the political agenda last week in Western Australia and across the country.

THE Department of Land Information (DLI) was recently awarded an $11.3 million contract with a Swedish joint venture partner to provide land administra

A LEGISLATIVE loophole allowing buyers of off-the-plan apartments to later rescind their contracts has been amended, providing greater certainty for de

ONE business looking to take advantage of the global sustainability phenomenon (see story above) is Perth-based ASX-listed aquaculture company Marine Produce Australia (MPA).

MUCH of the credit for the recent success of one of Australia's biggest retailers, Woolworths, is given to Reg Clairs, who climbed the retail ranks all the way from retail trainee to chief executive.

XSTRATA'S low-ball takeover bid for WMC is stirring emotions.

I WAS extremely pleased to see that I was not the only one to be neglectful in my responsibilities toward my chosen airline and their need to make a pr

IN Western Australia we have a water shortage, apparently.

GROWING demand for mineral sands is allowing Iluka to secure much-needed price increases.

WHEN Iluka's long-time CEO Malcom Macpherson's left the company in late 2001, chairman Ian Mackenzie thought he knew what the company needed.

THE owners of several prominent Perth buildings have made modifications to incorporate sustainable principles ahead of the release by the Green Building Council of Australia of its sustainability guidelines.

THE ability to specialise in a range of areas that combine to form a targeted business plan has served Julian Walter well throughout his career. 

DESPITE a heated construction market, cost increases in labour and materials are eroding profits for some builders, particularly in the residential sec

THE investment flow in the business relationship between Western Australia and Malaysia appears to be very much in WA's favour.

REMEMBER when your mother warned you about buying cheap shoes? “They'll fall apart, dear,” are the words that ring in your ears. Well, mother's words are ringing loudly in the ears of Planning Minister, Alannah MacTiernan, as she contemplates what to do w

YOU just got a testimonial. Great.It was from your best customer, saying how great you are.

WHILE Margaret River and wine have a long-standing connection in terms of recognition throughout Australia and around the world, the neighbouring town of Witchcliffe has not been so fortunate.

MUST Winebar has received the State award at the 2004 Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards, coordinated by Tucker Seabrook and held in Sydney las

NEW FACE: Geoff Hayward's The Brisbane will open this week, providing one more reason to enjoy summer in Highgate.