Motivating employees is about providing staff empowerment. This week Gary Kleyn considers the effectiveness of using payments and bonuses to staff to achieve this aim.
THE tourism industry is facing a significant reshuffling of the cards at both the Federal and State level which the industry is hoping will result in a more focused marketing drive.
DECIDING whether to build or buy a home or investment property can be a difficult choice, as Gary Kleyn reports in the final of a two-part series on property.
IMAGINE putting your feet up in a hotel room and ordering your favourite book and a bottle of wine through room service.
Sound good? Well that is exactly the service a young Perth entrepreneur hopes to provide to hotel chains around Australia.
HAVING finally won approval to mine the northern tenements in its Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project near Southern Cross, Portman now faces another environmental issue.
BRITISH migrants are on notice with both the UK and Australia considering implementing legislation that will have a dramatic impact on the value of pensions and the tax consequences of transferring them.
In the first part of a six-part series on staff motivation, Gary Kleyn reports on ways to motivate and invigorate workers.
ONE of the biggest traps a business can fall into is to begin taking its staff for granted.
TWO recent studies into salary packages have shown healthy increases over the past year. However, despite this, it has done nothing to stop employees from moving on to greener pastures.
MACHINES at a controversial saw-milling operation in Oldbury, 30 minutes south of Perth, are being turned back on again this week after being bought back out of the hands of liquidators by the original founders and investors.
A NEW report into Western Australia’s dairy industry warns of dire consequences for producers if the price of milk at the farm gate does not improve significantly.
FIXED return investments offer low risk. Or do they?
Investors who closely watch their superannuation and managed fund statements with concern may be considering safer, alternative investments.
This week, in the fifth instalment in a six-part series on export strategies, Gary Kleyn considers the incentives and help provided by the Federal Government.
PERTH outfit, Delta Facilities Management has begun work this month on a $2.5 million annual contract over the next three years to manage BHPBilliton housing in Port Hedland and South Hedland.
DIAMOND enthusiasts have the opportunity to invest in a number of exploration projects, including some in Western Australia, following the spinout of diamond exploration projects from Alcaston Mining NL through an initial public offer.
