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Multiplex insignia has dominated construction sites across Australia for more than 40 years.

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Which are the top brands in Western Australia and why do they work? Julie-anne Sprague looks at the State's most recognised brands and the strategies behind them.

Defining brand values and communicating them through every facet of the Fremantle Football Club is helping the organisation achieve prominence in the competitive AFL marketplace.

The winner of last year's national Telstra small business of the year award, local footwear developer and manufacturer Footwear Industries, believes that success has had a valuable effect on its business.

Home Building Society underwent a million-dollar brand overhaul late last year to revitalise its 58-year-old image.

Branding is a concept that, although not widely understood, attracts enormous attention.

Curtin University's decision to reposition itself as an institution of innovation has helped achieve growth in first preference choices for undergraduate students.

During the past few weeks the words ‘dirt' and ‘dirt unit' have been used rather liberally, most especially by Labor leader Mark Latham, a man who never hesitates publicly insulting anyone, from an American president to dissenting journalists.

While only a relatively new player in Western Australia, Jesters Jaffle Pie Company has undergone a brand reposition in the past 12 months to further drive sales and product innov

Tim Treadgold's article on hot fractured rock geothermal power (WA Business News, July 15) is not only cynical and highly factually incorrect, but is without a clear understanding

Some of the State's top advertising executives share their thoughts on the value of the brand.

Biggest range, lowest prices, and good service are three brand pillars that underpin the Bunnings Warehouse business.

As the recipient of this year's Master Builders Award for excellence in construction Gavin Construction is in good company, with Multiplex, BGC, and Thiess Contractors among previous winners.

RAC has jumped two places to rank third among WA Business News's most recognised brands.

A supreme Court appeals bench has sent a case involving Mt Lawley Pty Ltd and the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) back for retrial.

BankWest returned to television advertising this year after focusing its $10 million advertising account predominantly on niche marketing in 2003.

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Retravision didn't feature among WA Business News' most recognised brands last year because the brand originates from Victoria.

Jason Walker learned his trade from some of Europe's finest chefs, and Altos is the beneficiary, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

After a partnership of 15 years, Stephen Reiffer and Paul Conti have restructured real estate agency Time Conti Sheffield into three separate businesses to allow for more specialised service and interests.

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In its occasional look at commercial property precincts, WA Business News this week gives an overview of the BankWest Tower.

The old saying that good things come in small packages could well be a marketing line for Baby Cakes, the Tuart Hill-based business of former pastry chef Sarah Brigden.

Diabetes Australia WA is the State branch of Diabetes Australia.

Western Australian telephone counselling service Lifeline has turned 10.

Unlike the full-time professionals of today's era, the sporting heroes many Western Australians grew up with had to juggle work and sport.

Western Australia's rapid economic growth and falling unemployment have created a rare opportunity for the State to rethink its industry policy.

The Gallop Government's recent reluctant admission that it won't continue pressing for fixed-term parliaments comes hard on the heels of its reneging on the proposed one-vote-one-value legislation.

While it was interesting reading, I was dismayed that an article written about the Western Australian potato industry by Tim Treadgold (“Propping up th

The West Coast Eagles boasted a top line-up in the 1990s and several of their players have gone on to business success.