Health and wealth is the order of the day. Be it a fun run for charity, a wine launch at the Perth Mint, or an international diary conference, a few businesses were looking to keep in top shape during recent weeks.
WHEN companies talk about performance, a wide variety of metrics are often quoted. Earnings growth, earnings per share, net profit, EBIT and return on capital are all examples of metrics shareholders can expect to hear about
TODAY’S workplace probably would not be recognisable to our grandparents. It is worth mulling over what it will look like for our grandkids, or even our children.
A WEAK Australian dollar, production costs among the lowest in the world and a stable political climate has made Australian gold companies attractive targets during the past year.
EVERYONE would like to know whether there is a likelihood of interest rate cuts in this cycle. The consensus of opinion among economists appears to be that there is a possibility of one more cut.
THANKFULLY we are on the last lap of what passes for an election campaign in Australia. It would be a good idea if politicians were made to take something akin to the Hippocratic oath.
HIGH fuel prices, rising insurance costs, an ageing workforce and stagnating haulage rates threaten to bring the State's trucking industry to its knees.
ONE major issue facing the truck industry is access to the Perth metropolitan area – something that will be a key discussion point at the Freight Planning Congress this weekend.
THE controversial retirement village built on the site of the demolished Swanbourne Hotel has been taken off the market after failing to attract the interest of the local aged community.
PERTH’S CBD and even a southern suburb have become caught up in the global anthrax scares. Several office buildings, including the Telstra building on Stirling Street, were evacuated after receiving mail suspected of containing the bacterial agent.
LOCAL publishing outfit Spencer Group Media Pty Ltd (SGM) has been placed in the hands of liquidators following action taken by the group's largest creditor, Vanguard Press.
PLENTY of experts have publicly analysed the uncertain economic times of past weeks, including PricewaterhouseCoopers senior economist (USA) David Gulley at the recent APPEA ACE Forum, and investors are being more than cautious.
THE terrorist attacks on New York and the grounding of Ansett Australia have provided an unexpected bonus for some tourism operators in the State's South West.
THE long overlooked Great Southern wine region is pushing to raise its profile by developing a wine and fresh produce centre modelled on a highly successful South Australian project.
PERENNIAL bank basher Aussie Home Loans is to hand-over a hefty slice of its back office functions to ANZ, though it denies there will be big job losses.
EVEN the recent surge in residential building demand could not stop yet another family building supply business from facing grave financial difficulties.
THE Perth City Council has unanimously approved the $300 million development proposal put forward for Westralia Square II by Kerry Packer’s syndicate managed by James Fielding Ptd Ltd.
WA ship supplier and food service company Sealanes has been named Family Business Australia’s “Third generation family business of the year” at a ceremony in Melbourne last Saturday.
HARD-EARNED taxpayers? dollars are being eyed-off so hundreds of millions more can be earmarked for universities.Opposition leader Kim Beazley recently released his complicated Knowledge Nation policy document.
LOCAL advertising agencies are facing another major client pitch with the announcement that BankWest is keen to talk to the industry ahead of a big push into new markets.
APACHE Northwest Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of US oil and gas giant Apache Corporation, has been fined $8,000 after pleading guilty in the Perth Court of Petty Sessions to charges of failing to prevent a major oil spill off WA’s north-west coast.
STRONG petroleum prices and a depreciating Australian dollar brought about a 40 per cent increase in sales revenue despite a modest fall in the quantity sold last year.