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DELAYS in progress on the proposed $100 million expansion of the Midland Gate Shopping Centre appear to be nearing an end with new owners, Gandel Retail Management, making moves tow

Responsible for 45 staff, Andrew Coppin has been able to grow Bell Potter Securities while the industry overall has been in a contraction phase.

Giving up a stable, well-paid job to go it alone is not an easy decision.

VANS Sidewalk Café has reopened under the ownership of Kevin McCabe and David Cooney.

At 33, Mark Da Silva has formed two marketing companies operating in two very different industries.

Lynette Margolius left a solid reputation and client list in the South African fitness industry to embark on a new journey in Perth.

The gap between Australian fizz and the best Champagne from France may be narrowing, but David Pike doubts we will ever match the masters.

In 1985 Andrew Ford and his business partner, Kyle Doonan, decided to open a small air-conditioning business. The pair used second-hand vans and second-hand tools.

The Zimbabwe World Cup Rugby squad member immigrated to Australia and began a new life on an extremely modest budget.

Our series on business lending this week turns its attention to cash flow lending, or debtor finance as it is also known. Mark Beyer reports.

Kevin Gallagher is responsible for planning offshore well operations throughout Australia.

Andrea Pearson discovered the beauty and value of freshwater pearls in China where she lived for four years.

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has launched a ‘compo kit' to help its members lodge claims for defective administration by the Australian Tax Office.

Sean Gavin has taken the acclaimed family-operated construction business, Gavin Construction in a new direction.

After five years at Telstra, where she worked her way up to the position of senior corporate account executive, managing one of Telstra's top accounts, Deanne Pederson jumped ship a

THE Australian Tax Office has expressed concern about schemes designed to avoid tax by shifting business profits into superannuation.

John Gillam heads up Wesfarmers' fertiliser and chemicals business, Wesfarmers CSBP Limited.

After working as a mortgage broker for seven years Greg Pennells and his partner, Ross Begley, had become disillusioned and disappointed by the lack of support available to mortgage

Overcoming hurdles, striving for excellence, and sheer determination are attributes that resonate from Mr Buzza's persona.

Nikki Griffiths has experienced the hardship of business early in her career and, at 26, has over-come adversity to create a successful graphic design operation.

Success as a chartered accountant can be measured many ways.

WHAT a strange place Australia is.

WA Business News' 40under40 Awards is not about first and last, it is not about creating tallies, scoreboards, or runnersup.

The infamous ‘tech wreck' of March 2000 could not stop the infant dot.com business aussiehome.com from surviving and achieving success.

From beginnings as a one-man operation in 1992, Carmelo Princiotto has built his business, Jamel Industries, into one of WA's largest domestic furniture manufacturers, specialising

DESPITE a difficult overall trading environment for insurance firms, Western Australian-based St Andrew's Insurance has announced a 32 per cent jump in pre-tax profit for 2002.

CROSS selling, a practice that has been gaining momentum in big businesses for many years, could prove a successful tool for small businesses. The aim of cross selling is to get more value from each customer.

WITH expressions of interest flooding in from businesses in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Northern Territory and Perth, the 2003 North West Expo is shaping up to be a stellar regional event.

MANAGEMENT at WA's largest advertising agency Marketforce is awaiting the outcome of weeks of speculation that eastern States-based agency George Patterson Bates ha

LESS than a year after it was bought out of financial difficulty, Western Australian advertising agency ReynoldStratagem has disappeared from the landscape.

HARDWARE, software and security needs are three of the most important elements in the creation of a home office.

THE home has become a favoured work site, whether on a full-time basis or for the flexibility it can offer. ABS statistics for the year 2000 say that 20 per cent of people worked in their own home or a home other than their employer's or client's home.