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Responsible for 45 staff, Andrew Coppin has been able to grow Bell Potter Securities while the industry overall has been in a contraction phase.

Giving up a stable, well-paid job to go it alone is not an easy decision.

VANS Sidewalk Café has reopened under the ownership of Kevin McCabe and David Cooney.

At 33, Mark Da Silva has formed two marketing companies operating in two very different industries.

Lynette Margolius left a solid reputation and client list in the South African fitness industry to embark on a new journey in Perth.

The gap between Australian fizz and the best Champagne from France may be narrowing, but David Pike doubts we will ever match the masters.

In 1985 Andrew Ford and his business partner, Kyle Doonan, decided to open a small air-conditioning business. The pair used second-hand vans and second-hand tools.

The Zimbabwe World Cup Rugby squad member immigrated to Australia and began a new life on an extremely modest budget.

Our series on business lending this week turns its attention to cash flow lending, or debtor finance as it is also known. Mark Beyer reports.

Kevin Gallagher is responsible for planning offshore well operations throughout Australia.

Andrea Pearson discovered the beauty and value of freshwater pearls in China where she lived for four years.

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has launched a ‘compo kit' to help its members lodge claims for defective administration by the Australian Tax Office.

Sean Gavin has taken the acclaimed family-operated construction business, Gavin Construction in a new direction.

After five years at Telstra, where she worked her way up to the position of senior corporate account executive, managing one of Telstra's top accounts, Deanne Pederson jumped ship a

THE Australian Tax Office has expressed concern about schemes designed to avoid tax by shifting business profits into superannuation.

John Gillam heads up Wesfarmers' fertiliser and chemicals business, Wesfarmers CSBP Limited.

After working as a mortgage broker for seven years Greg Pennells and his partner, Ross Begley, had become disillusioned and disappointed by the lack of support available to mortgage

Overcoming hurdles, striving for excellence, and sheer determination are attributes that resonate from Mr Buzza's persona.

Nikki Griffiths has experienced the hardship of business early in her career and, at 26, has over-come adversity to create a successful graphic design operation.

Success as a chartered accountant can be measured many ways.

WHAT a strange place Australia is.

WA Business News' 40under40 Awards is not about first and last, it is not about creating tallies, scoreboards, or runnersup.

The infamous ‘tech wreck' of March 2000 could not stop the infant dot.com business aussiehome.com from surviving and achieving success.

From beginnings as a one-man operation in 1992, Carmelo Princiotto has built his business, Jamel Industries, into one of WA's largest domestic furniture manufacturers, specialising

HERE are the first three paragraphs from an article in a local newspaper (Western Suburbs Weekly) that reached letterboxes around February 4.

This year's 40under40 winners are testimony to the diverse nature that is business in WA.

Neil Hancock founded Portacom in his family garage in 1984 while just 21 years of age.

With around 15 years of accountancy experience under his belt, Vincent Smith is a specialist in the field of insolvency and corporate reconstruction.

THE past few weeks have brought good news to about 20 steel fabricators around Perth. Engineering firm Monadelphous has been progressively sub-contracting $30 million worth of work for BHP Billiton's Area C iron ore mine and port expansion projects.

AS president and chief financial officer of CustomVis, Dr William Ardrey is a leader in Perth's biotechnology field.

As managing director of junior mining company Sally Malay Mining Limited, Peter Harold has navigated the company through some uncertain times.

Armed with a single power saw, nail bag, some borrowed materials and plenty of ambition, registered builder Pedro Turibaka began work on his first construction site, a small East Pe