THE farm lobby is not considered to be at the vanguard of corporate governance reform, but that has not stopped the WA Farmers Federation taking on wheat marketing company AWB.
A NEW collaborative working approach – both among staff and with clients – has changed the fortunes of 303 Advertising, which won agency of the year at the recent Oasis Awards.
A COMPANY'S image can become the mainstay of its marketing push. It ties together the company's reputation and everything that it stands for and is the basis for communication to key audiences.
THE Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says raising premiums for professional indemnity insurance is essential to secure the prudential safety of the insurance industry.
NEWLY appointed Perth Convention Exhibition Centre chief executive Paul D'Arcy hopes a whole-of-city approach will help place Perth among the list of top international convention destinations.
DESPITE a rising Australian dollar and the fallout from recent terrorist attacks in Bali and the US, Western Australia's incentive travel operators are expecting strong growth.
BURSWOOD International Resort Casino believes the major refurbishment completed in late 2001 leaves it well placed to face extra competition in the MICE market.
THE Western Australian Turf Club is aggressively marketing its racecourses as premier outdoor event locations in an effort to attract non-race related functions and exhibitions to the Ascot and Belmont sites.
IT may surprise some that Australia has never had a Gold Week, but there are no prizes for guessing which State will host the first ever such event, nor for naming the organisation behind the initiative.
LOCAL electronic engineering commercial and operational services company Atamo heads to Sydney next week in an effort to secure new commercialisation ventures.
THE Australian Tax Office has started sending letters to 9,000 firms in the building and construction industry as part of a campaign to stamp out the cash economy.
THE West Australian Newspapers-owned Mandurah Telegraph will publish for the last time on Wednesday March 26 as part of plans to decentralise sub-editing functions and cut costs.
PLANNING and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has appointed Peter McGowan, a barrister who has specialised in planning law, as the new chair of the Town Planning Appeal Tr
THE recent setback for the development of the Burrup – with delays to the Canadian-based company Methanex's plans to build a methanol plant – shows how fragile investment in major projects can be in a global economy.
YOUR editorial of February 6 noted that it was “time to clean up the mess” in WA. Your commentary stated that: “We simply haven't got the economies of scale to efficiently dea
THE construction of Exmouth Marina Village is already delivering benefits to the local economy, with LandCorp estimating about 20 per cent of the contracts value was flowing back to
THE issue of Western Australia's freshwater needs persistently rates highly in party political and other local polling.
Press reports showing quarter-full dams and constant chatter about the so-called greenhouse effect have had their impact.
THE absence of a name or signage on a restaurant during the first two weeks of business may seem a little unusual but it has proved to be a talking point among Subiaco diners.
WHEN it comes to a dream job many of us would like to consider our true calling lies in gastronomy; spending all day doing something considered an extravagance – wine tasting, food critique … or ice cream connoisseur.
While reflecting on past sins during night shift at the winery David Pike contemplates the international successes of some of Western Australia's wineries.
