Traders to learn skilled migration benefits
The Department of Training and Workforce Development will hold a forum in Bunbury today to inform employers about the benefits of skilled migration.
View ArticleTraditional butcher carves a niche
Like Santa, butchers have to be jolly fellows. After nearly 40 years, Kevin Wragg is good with the customers.
View ArticleIndustry awards a 'valuable exercise' for firms
Companies and small businesses across Western Australia are being urged to nominate for the 2012 WA Industry and Export Awards, which recognises achievements across many sectors.
View ArticleMall for Bunbury suggested again
The City of Bunbury is looking at a mall for a short stretch of Victoria St between Wellington and Symmons Sts, known as the cappuccino strip.
View ArticleUnions push to increase state minimum wage
Unions WA is pushing for the state's minimum wage to be increased by 7 per cent but businesses say that would cripple small cafes, shops and restaurants.
View ArticleSouth West could miss out on job growth
A completely underwhelming budget for the South West: opinion.
View ArticleQuestion any price rises attributed to the carbon tax says ACCC
Avoid unfair carbon tax price rises
View ArticleSurprising people come in for a tattoo
Margaret River tattooist Karl Heusenstamm reflects on the art of ink
View ArticleWA blueberry farmers struggle as eastern suppliers flood the market
With Japan stopping imports of blueberries from NSW, the eastern states now flooding the West Australian market and it's driving down local prices.
View ArticleMaking a surfboard that feels alive under your feet
After 25 years on the waves, Bob Hooper needed a way to rekindle his enthusiasm for surfing. He found it in hand shaping and riding his own wooden boards.
View ArticleMaking a surfboard that feels alive under your feet
After 25 years on the waves, Bob Hooper needed a way to rekindle his enthusiasm for surfing. He found it in hand shaping and riding his own wooden boards.
View ArticleCall to make super schemes invest in small business
A group of Western Australian farmers is calling for superannuation funds to be forced to put up to 20 per cent of their investments into small businesses, partly to aid struggling agricultural...
View ArticleBunbury will never be Perth
The regional city should concentrate on its assets says the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
View ArticleSilk Road
Making a small block viable is a constant challenge across rural and regional Australia but one West Australian couple have returned from overseas bringing an unusual idea home with them.
View ArticleHigh penalty rates blamed for Sunday trading snub
Bunbury's peak business body has identified high penalty rates as the reason many of the city's small businesses are not regularly opening on Sunday.
View ArticleA regional ice cream company, and others, are guided on the path to cracking...
"We were in a transitional phase for the business, we either had to take it to the next level or stop the business altogether we were throwing ideas around but how to get to the next stage was the big...
View ArticleStirring up a batch of blood and gore in the laundry trough
From hairdressing to makeup artist for the stars, Leslie Rouvray of Margaret River now specialises in making fake blood for Australian film and television
View ArticleRetirement on the run: a second chance working life as a market gypsy
Babysit grand kids? Not yet. Let's go run a market stall and travel Australia.
View ArticleHigh speed internet for Bunbury hopes to make the South West a technology...
Bunbury creative and technology businesses could piggyback on a local innovation that can deliver faster internet speeds, making the South West a hub for new industries.
View ArticleCrowdfunding success for Margaret River business
A Margaret River business couple bypasses traditional financing and uses the power of the online community to achieve their goals.
View ArticleBusiness and Budget in the South West
The Bunbury business community is generally positive about the Federal Budget with some provisos
View ArticleSurvey looks to better understand regional traders' needs
The Department of Regional Development is hoping to get up to 6,000 responses to its regional business survey.
View ArticleSmaller outlets have welcomed 24 hour trading at Eaton says shopping centre...
The news that Kmart will open 24 hours, 7 days a week, in an expanded Eaton mall has created a stir in the Greater Bunbury area. According to property owners Citygate, the news has been greeted...
View ArticleBunbury delicatessan owner fights for the ability to expand her business
A small business owner in Bunbury has taken her case to the State Administrative Tribunal for the second time this year in a bid for zoning approval to expand her business, after repeated knockbacks...
View ArticleBunbury traders reject idea to partially close Victoria Street during summer
The Mayor of Bunbury says he is surprised a proposal to partially close the city's main street during summer was not supported.
View ArticlePreparing the dead and celebrating life: 50 years in the funeral business
Errol Barrett of Bunbury has spent half a century helping people in mourning
View ArticleFashions in fireworks: new fireworks for Bunbury this Australia Day
The sky lights up. Bang, swoosh, thump and thud. Oooh, says the crowd. The fireworks have started. Bunbury will see WA's biggest display outside of Perth this Monday.
View ArticleSurge in 'greypreneurs' and agriculture sector businesses owners, survey finds
A surge of business owners in the agricultural sector and "greypreneurs" has led the growth in new start-ups across Western Australia, a report has found.
View ArticleTravellers won't be able to stop for their emu pies at Harvey any more
One of the oldest family businesses in the South West closed on Tuesday. For 40 years, Marshalls sold fruit and emu pies that people would travel from Perth to buy.
View ArticleThe 120 year old shelves of Wight and Emmett produce store held plenty of...
The saddlery and produce business is a fixture of Bunbury. It has sat opposite the old railway station for 120 years and hardly seems to have changed at all.
View ArticleSouth-west niche growers unite to land new buyers at Canning Vale Markets
Farmers from Western Australia's south-west timber region band together to try to sell more of what they grow to buyers looking for high quality local produce.
View ArticleIndependent beer brewers highlight massive growth to push for excise relief
An industry-commissioned report shows a tenfold increase in the size of Australia's independent brewing sector and regional Australia is leading the way.
View ArticleFarmer turns food waste into healthy cauliflower rice convenience product
A WA farmer is giving his wasted cauliflower a new life by turning it into cauli-rice.
View ArticleBCL Group claims $4 million debt while WA building industry expects figure to...
A director of the collapsed BCL Group claims the company owes at least $4 million to unsecured creditors, documents filed to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission reveal.
View ArticleNew cannery hopes to bring canned Australian salmon to dinner tables of...
A new fish canning facility in Western Australia hopes to provide markets for the struggling Australian salmon industry.
View ArticleBiodegradable pet coffins and body bags the brainchild of young mums
Zoe Ednie-Brown and Jahna Trethowan have found their niche in a world where people spend thousands of dollars on their animals. It all began with a pair of precious guinea pigs.
View ArticleAustralian company re-examines plan to sell Margaret River air to foreign...
How much is a breath of fresh Australian air worth? People living in smog-affected areas overseas could soon find out, with a company planning to can and export the product from Margaret River.
View ArticleCharity fundraisers accused of deterring customers from businesses face...
Charity muggers, or "chuggers", often attract the ire of local businesses, but prove difficult to police when their tactics are so effective.
View ArticleCo-working office space trend goes a step further with 'virtual' spaces
Co-working office spaces have been a hit with work-at-home professionals or self-employed people seeking a productive environment and sense of belonging, but now they're going a step further.
View ArticleMargaret River's chocolatiers put new spin on old favourites from parsnip to...
A new range of chocolate flavours is set to contest traditional favourites this Easter as a new generation of West Australian chocolatiers continue to take a brave leap into the unknown.
View ArticleUnregulated Airbnb threatens to derail stable regional growth, inquiry hears
Accommodation providers in Western Australia's south-west have warned that the state's tourism industry could go bust unless short-stay accommodation sites like Airbnb are regulated.
View ArticleFlorists call for ACCC investigation into 'misleading' advertisements by...
Florists say deceptive advertising is tricking customers into thinking they're buying local flowers when they're not. One businesswoman says the practice has cost her as much as $80,000.
View ArticleHow to ditch your day job and start a small business in fewer than 44 hours a...
Thinking about going into small business? Matt Godfrey ditched his career as a geologist to sell dumplings from a food truck. His best advice is to find a gap in the market and be realistic about money.
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