AS a young, professional woman I fit the profile used by national retail giants as an example of the consumer in need of greater shopping hours – well all except for the kids.
AUSTRALIAN companies are among the fastest payers of sales invoices, an international survey has found.
The average payment period by Australian firms was 36 days, according to accounting firm Grant Thornton's International Business Owners Survey.
In part six of an eight-part series on development, Tracey Cook explores what tools are used in the industry to manage the inevitable risk that comes with development projects.
WHILE B Digital's plan for world domination may not have eventuated it has certainly gained a significant national presence in the mobile telecommunications industry and, with an advertising budget of $8.5
AM I wrong or are there a lot more ideological battles taking place in our country than there has been for a long time?
Recently we've had the obvious ideological battleground of whether Australia should commit forces to war.
MG Kailis Group has embarked on the second stage of its long-term marketing campaign to raise the profile and image of Australian lobsters in the US market.
LAST week's column State Scene by Joe Poprzeczny hits the nail on the head in relation to what departments (and Ministers) think the public want from government, and what the public
GEOFF Gallop probably recalls from his university student and teaching days that an often used disparaging term, when referring to politicians, was to allege they were being authoritarian.
Australia's biggest fabrication hall is the centrepiece of a $200 million infrastructure project south of Perth. Mark Beyer asks if this is an astute investment that will foster industrial growth or an extravagant use of taxpayers' money?
MASTER trusts have been one of the fastest growing segments of the funds management industry over the past decade.
For many employers they provide an easy and effective solution to all of their superannuation needs.
WHEN the first big construction project gets underway at the Australian Marine Complex, the Premier of the day (whoever he is) is sure to hail it as a big success.
AUSTRALIA'S major accounting bodies have questioned Federal Government moves that limit the ability of accountants to provide advice on superannuation.
MORE than 50 per cent of currently developed land in the Australian Marine Complex industrial precincts has been sold.
Since being appointed to handle the freehold land sales Jones Lang LaSalle industrial sales and leasing manager Geoff Fraser said...
Roc's appointment of Bruce Clement to the newly created position of chief operating officer could be more of a case of "watch this space" than of a promotion.
THE Western Australian Government Railways Commission has awarded a tender for the supply, installation and testing of optical fibre cables for the Armadale railway line.
THE Royal Australian Institute of Architects WA chapter has successfully convinced the Commonwealth Government to designate 2004 as the Year of the Built Environment.
IMAGINE spending $35 million on a new factory then asking the State Government for a handout so you can create a market for your product.
Sound crazy? That is exactly what the ratepayer-funded Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has done.
A SURVEY of small and mid-sized tax practices has found a sharp increase in average working hours over the past three years, from 47.4 hours a week to 54.6 hours.
PERTH company GRD is poised to become a major player in the waste management industry through its 50 per cent-owned Global Renewables.
After many years of technical and commercial development, Global Renewables is on the brink of commencing its first UR-
