MOST drivers would be familiar with the rubber strips placed across Western Australia’s roads and highways to count passing vehicles, but few would know the company behind the majority of these devices is Coogee-based Metrocount.
ST John of God Hospital may most commonly be thought of as a birthing hospital but there’s a lot more than meets the eye to the medical giant, with a foundation in the same name involved across a range of community services and healthcare projects.
OUTGOING Murdoch University vice-chancellor John Yovich has criticised the Commonwealth Grant Scheme university funding model, saying it is defunct and encourages homogenised courses, not specialty schooling.
LOCAL air-conditioning specialist Ford & Doonan has hatched plans to expand the business into Western Australia’s regional areas as well as the eastern states.
OPERATING a travel agency has become more challenging than ever in recent years, as online holiday and flight bookings undercut traditional client relationships and put pressure on the bottom line.
CONSIDERED vital to the effective operations of most businesses, IT infrastructure would probably be way down on the shopping list for many in the not-for-profit sector.
It is the enormous sculpture inspired by the story of Saint George slaying the dragon that catches your eye when driving past Perth’s newly renovated Saint George’s Cathedral.
Walking through the foyer of Central Park this week surrounded by Pilbara art, it is easy to get lost in the colour and not realise the impact exhibitions like Colours of Our Country have on the artists involved.
Fourteen years after establishing ineedhits.com, and six years after becoming non-executive chairman, Clay Cook has returned as chief executive of the online marketing business.
Vocational education and training outfit Polytechnic West, formerly Swan TAFE, officially launched its commercial training branch this week, targeting the commercial sector with its industry specific training facility Platinum.
Intricately crafting custom made engagement rings is how Stelios Palioudakis chose to make a crust after realising he had a love for dexterous work. Plus he received some encouragement from his collector father.
When Bree Tinecheff completed her economics degree shortly before having her first child, she aspired to work for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Rose Morgan has established a loyal customer base for Balingup Bronze Café and is now moving into wholesaling her products through IGA and Fresh Provisions. Emily Morgan reports.
Having increasing levels of demand would not bother most businesses if its part of the plan, but for the not-for-profit sector it is an ever increasing issue, with limited levels of funding required to meet those demands.
With projected labour demand in Western Australia approaching all-time highs on the back of large resource construction projects, local employers are turning to different migration solutions to meet their workforce needs.
