THE state government's new Office of Land and Housing Supply will have the power to work across other government agencies and local governments to ensure timely delivery of land.
ONE of Western Australia's fastest-growing surveying companies has successfully navigated through the economic downturn, increasing its annual turnover by almost 375 per cent and tripling its staffing levels in recent years.
DEBRA Barber started home-based Online Personal Assistants in May 2008 after deciding against a return to full-time employment following the birth of her second child.
IN just over a decade in the market, Peard Real Estate Group has established itself as one of Perth's most successful locally owned and operated real estate groups.
MORE than a century after opening its first gymnasium on Hay Street, the YMCA has launched a state-of-the-art facility in the Perth central business district.
WESTERN Australia's first liquor store franchise has achieved considerable growth since opening five years ago, after initially attracting fierce opposition from the sector's bigger players.
IN his first outing as treasurer, Premier Colin Barnett sold last week's state budget as one that reins in costs and shares the pain across the community, as increased charges and rising royalties have helped to keep the state's finances in the black.
THE Chooks Fresh & Tasty concept began with ‘chief chook' Steve Hansen, who started out in franchising 27 years ago when he invested in a Chicken World business with his father-in-law, Colin Manuel.
THE recruitment industry may have felt the effects of the global economic downturn more than most, as evidenced by the number of local businesses to fold in the past year, but Marble Group presents a different story.
Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest have both made the top five of BRW's Rich List, worth an estimated $4.75 billion and $4.24 billion and sitting in second and fourth positions respectively.
Agribusiness TFS Corporation has received a boost to its share value after announcing it had signed a deal with a US-based institutional investor potentially worth $120 million over six years.
Business credit enquiries from small to medium businesses have grown steadily this year depsite over a third of SMEs having experienced a lending rate increase during the six months to April 2010, two separate surveys have shown.
The state government appears to have acknowledged the looming issue of residential property supply, creating a new office charged with releasing more land for housing development.
The state government has funded the key projects it has announced during the year, with fiscal restraint and rising royalty income allowing it to include infrastructure spending without blowing the budget.
In his first outing as Treasurer, Premier Colin Barnett delivered a promised surplus - $286 million - on the back of sharp royalty rises, increased services charges to households and restraint in spending growth which was limited to 3.9 per cent.
Port Bouvard is set to receive a much needed lifeline from Queensland's FKP Property Group, which has agreed to chip in nearly $23 million to a planned $60.2 million capital raising.
Fox Resources says it is in talks with shareholder Jinchuan Group to extend a current offtake deal and a possible $20 million funding agreement for its Radio Hill nickel-copper project in the Pilbara.
THE federal government has come under fire amid claims its new industrial relations laws leave some workers worse off, and prevents some Western Australian businesses from growing.
ANTHONY Wooles' foray into energy infrastructure paid off handsomely late last year when the company he founded and listed five years earlier, PearlStreet, was taken over.
A RIPPLE effect from the federal government's proposed super profits tax on mining is creating uncertainty in a transportable and modular building sector that is just tracking back to normal after the damaging impact of the global financial crisis.
THE Western Australian Council of Social Service has welcomed the state's $12 million injection to social services but warned more needs to be done to address the growing wage gap between government workers and those in non-government organisations.
