MARKET forces may be driving the swath of residential developments under way in Fremantle but the push to reinvigorate the city into a thriving and vibrant commercial centre has come from within the City of Fremantle.
TOURISM icon the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle has undergone a massive $16 million expansion in response to the city's growing profile as a leisure and business function destination.
DECENTRALISATION of tenants to suburban locations and the downsizing in corporate organisations has caused the Perth CBD office market to experience a negative net absorption over the past three years to September 2003.
WIRELESS specialist Memo Communications is developing a niche market for its products to assist hearing-impaired workers gain employment and work more effectively.
FRANKLAND River Olive Company is preparing to launch its inaugural advertising and marketing campaign as it gears up for the biggest harvest in its five-year history.
AN increasingly competitive retail environment for supermarket grocery items has prompted Western Australian owned Anchor Foods to revamp one of its core brands – Spencers.
ERIC Ripper should resign. At least that's the call made by numerous people during the past week as the State's Energy Minister has copped the full brunt of our displeasure at being deprived of air-conditioning, among other power services.
WHENEVER controversies surface at the national level that impact, even indirectly, upon State affairs it's hard to hold back premiers and/or State opposition leaders from commenting.
After many years working with one of Perth's renowned master restaurateurs, two of the city's brightest stars are going out on their own, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
TWO of the best-known names in WA wine are striking out on their own, partly to have a bit of fun but also to start a new business, and possibly to help launch the career of a brilliant young winemaker.
THE two men now in charge of Western Power are among the busiest directors in Perth, but Neil Hamilton and Harvey Collins both recognise they need to cut back some of their work duties.
THE businesses that suffered from last week's electricity crisis covered the full spectrum, from manufacturers and lawyers through to restaurants and retailers.
In his role as the academic area head of entrepreneurship, Stephen Choo leads a team that has developed the Curtin Business School into the largest provider of entrepreneurship and
Since establishing commercial real estate company, Lease Equity Pty Ltd, in 2002, Jim Tsagalis has been involved in property transactions worth more than $50 million.
PERTH property owners are overpricing their properties by up to 10 per cent in the expectation that house prices will rise by over 20 per cent during the coming year, according to Hegney Property Valuations.
Real estate is in James Limnios's blood. He has spent all his working life in his family-owned real estate and development consultancy, Limnios Property Group.
Tom Warner joined PIVoD Technologies as the business manager in 2000, originally taking on the role of administration of the company and supporting the sales process.
Rami Brass the director of Perth Tax Services and Managing Partner of the Perth office, has more than 19 years' experience in providing taxation advice and specialist tax consulting
AFTER several years of less-than-impressive growth, online advertising looks ready to make a comeback, with revitalised interest in the medium leading to multi-million dollar jumps in expenditure in the past year.
