PERTH law firm Steinepreis Paganin worked on more Initial Public Offerings last year than any other law firm in the country, a national survey has found.
FOR the majority of businesses hand-held devices have taken longer than expected to evolve from the realm of expensive luxury toys to that of indispensable work tools.
David Pike has emerged from the recent holiday period refreshed and enthusiastically positive. He's certainly not buying in to the gloomy forecast for the local wine industry.
IN a bid to pursue opportunities in Canada and the US, the agricultural division of electronics specialist, Computronics Corporation Limited, has opened an office in Saskatoon, Canada.
A recent trip to the US provided Perth chef Mark Taylor with a new business that may be the food industry's most significant outsourcing development, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
AS it has been two months since Labor's factional chiefs moved to replace Simon Crean as leader, it's worth asking whether the change has significantly altered Australia's political landscape.
AN Australian Bureau of Statistics report on Western Australian Statistical Indicators has forecast continuing strength in the housing sector and revealed the under
Amid the continuing heritage debate, recently appointed Heritage Council chairperson Patric de Villiers talks to Tracey Cook and outlines his position on the contro
INDUSTRY groups have launched an advertising first for the North-West town of Broome aimed at developing a more cohesive brand identity for the popular tourist destination.
THE participants in the WA Business News innovation forum agree that Western Australia's universities need to drive commercial outcomes from their basic research.
A LACK of managerial and business skill has been identified as one of the major problems facing innovators who want to commercialise their research breakthrough.
MEETING with a group of venture capitalists is a great way to learn about some of the exciting and innovative businesses emerging from Western Australia.
PERTH-BASED company FreeCargo has crafted software developed by academics at the University of Amsterdam into an online freight ordering system that provides real benefits to its users and revenue to the company.
DIGITAL content management systems developed by Bentley-based DCN (formerly Data-Cast.Net) have caught the attention of global airline industry heavyweight Water-mark.
WITH sport so major an ingredient in Australian cultural life it's not surprising new Labor leader Mark Latham announced he'd welcome, with “open arms” outgoing Test cricket captain Steve Waugh should he ever seek a political career.
DEMAND for Western Australian commercial property remained strong throughout 2003 and, despite the tightly held nature of this sector, the year was notable for a number of record-breaking deals,
MARKETFORCE emerged as the big winner among those competing to do business with the Western Australian government, signing a $134 million advertising contract.
LOCAL software developer CAZ Software has beaten international competition to win a $A1 million contract to supply an integrated school management system in Hong Kong.
WHILE the hairdressing industry may not have an obvious organic association with information technology, one East Perth-based salon has implemented an IT system it hopes will provide a point of difference.
Dozens of Western Australian small business owners have completed Curtin Business School's growth program. Mark Beyer spoke to two graduates about the lessons they have learned.
WHEN Kerbing West director Brian Kennewell enrolled in Curtin Business School's growth program, he had more than 20 years of business success behind him.
WESTERN Australia's peak property industry group, the Real Estate Institute of WA, expects the State's real estate market to continue its solid growth throughout 2004 in response to WA's strengthening economy.
