LOCAL electronics design and manufacturing company Omnitronics is gaining international momentum and will ship its communications products to Canada and Scotland later this month.
INNOVATION is a strange concept in Australia.
I have written before that our innovation is often the bush mechanic style of being able to keep things together with wire and string.
JOE Poprzeczny's State Scene article ‘Wedged on the Reef' of January 16 2003 was very appropriate considering the timing of current announcements concerning the Ningaloo Reef developments.
CUTTING prices is often seen as an easy way for businesses to boost their turnover, especially in difficult trading conditions. But it's a strategy that is fraught with danger.
THE misuse of email systems by staff is by far the most common email security problem. The potentially devastating consequences associated with the abuse of company email systems highlights the critical importance of developing and implementing a
NANOTECHNOLOGY developed by UWA researchers as part of a ‘Centres of Excellence' program is poised to revolutionise the sunscreen market and is set to attack the cosmetics, microelectronics, baby care and homeware industries.
A RECENTLY formed WA company is making significant strides in its quest to find a treatment to arrest Alzheimer's disease.
UWA research offshoot Alzhyme Pty Ltd has a patent pending on its research and has secured investment to further its research.
COOL Energy is running hot. The company, which was formed three months ago, is enjoying the fruits of LNG research breakthroughs by Curtin University Professor Robert Amin.
TWO Western Australian companies have been taken to court for misleading advertising, one by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the other by the
THERE was limited but steady growth for Perth's architectural firms last year as the five largest names continued to dominate the top end of the market.
WA'S poor performance in the latest Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program funding is a reflection of the State's inability to compete for Commonwealth funding, according to academics spoken to by WA Business News.
The CRC is the nation's major coll
PROVIDING seed funding, encouraging better collaboration between universities and industry, and promoting WA as a R&D hub are vital if WA is to make it into the big league.
There's nothing like immersing yourself in a culture to discover the wonders of its culinary traditions, and an upcoming visit to Italy is bound to appeal, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
STOCKBROKER Euroz Securities is moving to new premises to accommodate recent and planned growth in the business.
A major recent initiative was the establishment of a dedicated corporate finance department, headed by new recruits Karl Paganin and Doug
THERE can be little argument that electronic mail is a mission-critical and indispensible business tool upon which most enterprises are partially or totally dependent.
However, as is often the case with technologies offering significant advantages to
SECURITY risk specialists Osprey Asset Management (OAM) has used digital asset software to produce an interactive travel risk-training package.
OAM last year commissioned Perth company Optimiser to develop software to allocate usage time for the CD-based
WHILE 2003 may not have had quite the bleak beginning of 2002, talk of cutbacks and consolidations within the advertising industry is rife.
A fall in consumer confidence and the Western Australian Government's decision last year to cut its advertising
PLANNING marketing and sales offerings around special occasions can be a successful way for small businesses to build their profits.
Traditionally these dates included Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Christmas and Easter, how-ever, Australia Day and Anzac Day
LOCAL developers are becoming increasingly concerned about the State's planning system, which they claim is too costly and lacking experienced planners.
At the heart of the matter are inconsistencies across the State's local councils.
AN increase in institutional ownership of major commercial and retail properties in Perth led to a rise in the number of sales completed in 2002 without an agent's involvement.
A Perth chef has brought a little touch of class back to the preparation of a fine cup of coffee with the arrival from Belgium of the Royal Coffeemaker, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
COULD there soon be a new restaurant in Applecross? There has been talk for some time that the former Heathcote Hospital site, with its exceptional views, would be a good home for a restaurant. Gusto has heard that two prominent Perth restaurateurs have
With the sun setting on the festive season David Pike turns his mind to pre-season training for its return next year and the contemplation of some Tasmanian offerings.
