A flood of sadness mixed with gratitude is spreading across social media as music lovers and pub patrons react to the shock closure of an iconic venue.
Duncan Evans
WA small businesses are holding firm to expectations of a full recovery in consumer sentiment this year as fresh spending data suggests green shoots might be emerging.
Cheyanne Enciso
An artisanal gifts store is the latest Albany business to close up shop, with the owner citing high rents, slow foot traffic and a focus on major chains as reasons for the troubling trend.
Melissa Sheil
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged big changes to red tape reform, saying too many Aussies are ‘burning cash’ as they wait for approvals to build.
Staff writers
Laurence Escalante-backed WeMoney is on the path to an ASX listing even before it turns a decade old, its chief says, as the WA-founded fintech charts ambitious local expansion plans.
Relieving fledgling cafe owners and border-crossing tradies of regulatory burdens could offer an answer to Australia's languishing productivity.
Kat Wong
Famed not just for its award-winning wines and warm service, the venue was known to hold a place in the hearts and calendars of West Aussies for another reason — its music festivals headlined with epic acts.
A beloved boutique chocolate retailer is battling through a whopping rise in global cocoa prices, but Australia’s sweet tooth is helping out.
The butcher opened in 2010 and attracts a swathe of good reviews from locals who praise the freshness and quality of the meat.
Caitlin Vinci
The tradie required brain surgery after falling head-first into an empty concrete swimming pool that was under construction east of Perth.
The number of businesses reporting labour availability as a major headache to their operations fell again in the June quarter, but it is still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
A community-run Montessori playgroup in Bayswater says it has been blindsided by the council’s plans to sell the land it has leased for nearly a decade.
Sophie Gannon
Australian businesses are showing signs of a revival after a rocky start to 2025, with new bank data suggesting conditions are ‘stabilising, if not starting to turn around.’
The family run store announced they will shut their doors at the end of the year.
Fraser Williams
Albany’s monthly business networking event was held with a bit of twist last Thursday, as members of the Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry took the opportunity to showcase their wares via stalls.
A masseuse has banned men from her South Perth studio after male clients made her staff uncomfortable with relentless ‘groaning’ and requests to remove their underwear.
WA small businesses are more optimistic about the year ahead compared with the rest of the country, but keeping up with rising phone and electricity bills is proving a challenge.
The owners of an Albany business that provides a vital link in the agricultural chain said they are “really excited” to be able to streamline their operations after installing new laser-cutting machinery.
Alarm bells are ringing for a major ASX-listed fashion business as a brutal Trump slump and inflation shock smashes share prices.
Businesses are finally getting on top of cost-of-living pressures, with the number of companies struggling to make payments dropping.
Cameron Micallef
Telco giant Optus has agreed to pay a whopping $100m fine for exploiting hundreds of vulnerable and disadvantaged Australians.
Perth is tipped to have the second-lowest rate of business failures among the capital cities over the next 12 months, as new figures from credit analysts CreditorWatch hint at a brighter outlook.
Two WA health professionals knew they needed to revolutionise the way chemotherapy and immunotherapy were administered after spending years observing cancer patients in waiting rooms struggling with fatigue.
Insolvency experts have warned that Western Australia looks set for a surge in business collapses as the Australian Taxation Office clamps down on ageing debts.
Matt Mckenzie
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