Recruitment agency Kelly Services Australia is moving its blue collar branch, Kelly Industrial, from the Perth CBD to Canning Vale as part of a wider strategy to decentralise the company’s blue collar staffing service.
With an increasing number of Western Australian companies exporting to China, protection of intellectual property should be a high priority for businesses, according to Austrade.
Western Australia’s legal community is preparing to increase its commitment to pro bono work following the introduction of a national voluntary initiative.
The founder and one-time executive chairman of Perth-based engineering and infrastructure company GRD Ltd, Brettney Fogarty, has sold almost all of his remaining shares in the company, netting $47 million in the process.
Western Australia’s largest rock lobster processor, Jaybow Lobster Australia, has been rebranded as Westar Lobster, six months after it was created through the merger of Lobster Australia and James Bowes Pty Ltd.
A federal government transport strategy for the Perth to Darwin corridor has attracted strong criticism from three Western Australian stakeholders – shipping agency Sea Corporation Pty Ltd, the Broome Port Authority, and the Kimberley Development Commissi
The Bunbury Port Authority has announced a $40 million plan to relocate its outer harbour shiploader to the port’s inner harbour, to create a second multi-user berth in the area and increase capacity.
Timber plantations in Australia increased in area by 4.5 per cent last year, yet in Western Australia the area devoted to new plantations declined significantly, according to the Bureau of Rural Sciences’ national plantation inventory.
A growing number of Western Australian businesses are bringing their international recruitment services in-house in an effort to cut out the costs associated with hiring migration agents.
A new visa for overseas workers on short-term projects would help to alleviate some of the problems with the 457 business visa, according to oil and gas company Baker Hughes Australia Pty Ltd.
The slower-than-expected take-up of point-of-sale technology in the local restaurant industry, and the limited domestic market here, has prompted two local companies to seek opportunities offshore.
More than 25 charities in Western Australia are licensed to fundraise for cancer research and support services, including both state and national organisations.
Lead miner Magellan Metals Pty Ltd has announced its plan to remove the company's remaining 9000 tonnes of lead concentrate from the Port of Esperance, using one-tonne bags.
Not-for-profit groups and associations in Western Australia could be faced with increased administrative costs and a tighter regulatory environment, if proposed legislation becomes law.
As the biggest franchise in Western Australia measured by the number of outlets, Jim’s (WA) reflects two of the major trends in franchising – it is a service-based business and a diversified group.
By exporting his Western Australian-based car cleaning franchise, Car Care, into China, franchisor Mike Stringer expects to generate growth on a scale that could not be achieved in Australia.
