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The increasing popularity of inner-city living brings with it an inevitable conflict between business and residents, particularly regarding entertainment. Julie-anne Sprague investigates the pressure created by the residential squeeze.

CONVERTIBLE notes are gaining popularity as a fund raising option for Western Australian companies, with Skywest Airlines and Xanadu Wines among local companies joi

EVER since The West Australian newspaper ran Dullsville as its front page headline, there has been significant public debate about whether or not this is a great place to live.

INCREASING numbers of voters claim there's no real difference between WA's conservative Liberal and left-of-centre Labor parties.

WA Business News has won third prize for Best Newspaper, Small Tabloids at the Association of Area Business Publication's Editorial Excellence Awards, announced at

Alison Birrane continues her four-week series on technology leaders by looking at the changing face of e-commerce and the major players in WA's e-commerce sector.

AT a time when many processes are made to appear more savvy by way of an ‘e' prefix, the term e-commerce is undergoing something of a rationalisation.

DESPITE launching its signature product just before the tech wreck, Perth-based company Brookstone Technologies is making a name for itself by supplying virtual off

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.

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.

Julie-anne Sprague takes a look at the strategies used by local ice cream maker Peters and Brownes to turn its Connoisseur premium range into a $10 million brand. A PRODUCT launched to combat a competitor's market push has developed

HUSBAND and wife team Rick and Clare Ferdinands established this communications software company in 2001, following two years of research and applications development.

WESTERN Australia's dominant media player The West Australian newspaper has advertised nationally for a new editor following the departure of Brian Rogers, who surprised the industry recently by resigning just six months into a two-year contract.

BLACKBIRD'S four Macaulay family employees watch over two very different businesses – Home Provedore and Kitchen Warehouse, and Price Savers.

LUNCHTIME on Monday is the most popular time of the day to browse online for potential travel escapes, according to the latest figures released by the Western Australian Tourism Com

DAWSON'S Garden World is a grower and retailer of plants in the Perth metropolitan area.

THE West Australian Opera has secured a season sponsor for its upcoming production The Abduction from the Seraglio.

ESTABLISHED in 1913, Richard Noble & Company is considered largely responsible for the development of some of Perth's oldest suburbs, including Bayswater, Maylands and Mount Lawley.

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