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THE pick of the property industry's rising stars will receive recognition for all their hard work and achievements at the 2003 Future Directions Young Achiever Awards to be launched next month.

In this week's first part in a new series examining the demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook looks at which Perth metropolitan suburbs and regional centres are performing and what is driving that growth.

CITY of Fremantle business attraction initiative, Fremantle Property Bank – an online database of commercial property available in the city's CBD precinct – is expe

A consistent message and quality product have paid dividends for Annamaria Ogilvie and her food business, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

EVANS and Tate has renamed itself Evans and Tate Wine Group in an effort to better market its operations internationally.

SOUTH Australian publisher Brooks Media has agreed to some format modifications following complaints by Western Australia's Scoop magazine.

A NUMBER of floats planned to hit the Australian Stock Ex-change later this month have been put on hold. Oilex NL was due to float on July 25.

TSUNAMI proprietor Brett Carboni believes he is providing a world first SMS ordering service to customers of his Mosman Park Japanese restaurant.

The famous and ancient Porongurups provides the backdrop for some of the State's best wineries, as David Pike reports.

In the final instalment on equity raising, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the weak stock market.

ACCORDING to WA-based research, healthy eating promotions are having a positive effect on food and beverage purchasing decisions made by Perth consumers.

BUSINESSES of all persuasions often take the opportunity to recreate or smarten-up their image when relocating pre-mises. Freehills is one business to make great use of its recent move to QV1, creating a statement with its office fit-out.

POLITICIANS can have a devastating effect on language. This was highlighted by George Orwell in his brilliant essay, Politics and the English Language.

TWO new contracts, worth a total of $4.1 million, have been awarded for a 39-unit chalet park and a new footbridge at Mandurah's $58 million Ocean Marina development project.

PROFESSIONAL indemnity is one of the crises that has failed to capture the imagination of the very people who will end up being affected – consumers.

ACUTE land supply shortages, stamp duty, fees, taxes charge and the GST have sent home prices out of the reach for many first home buyers, according to the Housing Industry Associat

I REFER to your article on sand drift (Councils slam summer dust, WA Business News July 3).

BLOATED with superannuation money, listed property trusts are leading the pack in shopping centre acquisition.

WHILE Save Ningaloo campaigners were in the final stages of their long running and, ultimately, successful battle against the Maud's Landing development, a wealthy conservationist linked to their cause may well have had his mind elsewhere.

OSBORNE Park's traditional manufacturing tenants are being lured out of the suburb by Malaga's inexpensive and easily attainable land.

WESTERN Australia has produced some star performers in the field of technological innovation and smart card technology.

AFTER 20 years in the property game, Neil Alessandrino has decided to seek greener pastures as a restaurateur.

LEEDERVILLE-BASED start-up Creative On-Line Technologies is developing the next generation of smart card technology that uses infra-red, finger prints and one-off transaction numbers in an attempt to wipe out credit card and identity fraud. The technolog

West Cape Howe has been a breath of fresh air among the winemaking operations of the Great Southern, as David Pike reports.

LEADING Darwin service provider Octa4 has joined forces with WA's largest regional ISP, iiNet.

FOR companies wanting to list on the Australian Stock Exchange, the traditional path is via an initial public offering. An alternative route that is comparatively attractive in the current depressed market is a ‘backdoor' listing.

A RECENT study by Gartner has ranked Australia fourth on the list in the Asia Pacific for shipments and revenue of WLAN for 2002, behind Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

THE Australian Stock Exchange's listing rules are hindering capital raisings by smaller companies, according to West Perth investment banker John Kenny.

INTERNATIONAL information technology firm Sapphire Technologies has opened an office in Perth.

IT was with some trepidation that I prepared for the judging process for this year's Family Business Awards.

PERTH company Computronics Holdings Ltd has appointed James Feehan as national general manager to the company's Electronic Display Systems division.

JAH Roc Furniture has won awards every year but one since 1988, when two surfing mates – Gary Bennett and David Paris – acted on their desire to make "legendary" pieces from WA wood, stone and iron.