ART OF MANAGING MEDIA
From start-up to industry leader
WHEN former Western Sydney student Michael Zahn launched his own public relations agency at the tender age of 23, he quickly attracted some of the largest businesses and brands in Australia as clients.
HOPE RISES FROM ASHES
Salvos Red Shield Appeal
By Esther Pinn
AFTER seeing the devastation of their home in ashes, the More family of Winmalee found hope and comfort in the form of two Salvation Army officers.
GWS REGIONAL ROUND TABLE
Aged Care and Retirement Living 2
WELCOME to the Greater Western Sydney Regional Roundtable (GWSRR). The GWSRR is collaboration between Western Sydney Business access and Adjunct Professor Jim Taggart OAM. GWSRRs involve assembling people of influence to discuss issues that impact upon the Greater Western Sydney region. The subject for the March GWSRR was Aged Ccre and Retirement Living Part 2. This GWSRR is proudly sponsored by PwC. Guests included: Adjunct Professor Dr Jim Taggart OAM – GWSRR Chairman., Michael Walls – WSBA publisher and editor, David Hegarty – Partner Price Waterhouse Coopers, Associate Professor Amanda Johnson, UWS, Sue Smith – Group Manager SummitCare (Australia), Marta Aquino - CEO, Residential Gardens, Elly Beck - Business Manager, Realise Performance, Rod Young - Horsley Services, Carlos Oyarce - ANZ Corporate Banking and, Peter Garrett – Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.
UWS MOVES TO CBD
Location decided by June 2014
THE UWS Board of Trustees has given in-principle agreement for the University to develop a new flagship multi-storey campus in the heart of the Parramatta CBD.
INVESTMENT ATTRACTION WORKS
Hills targets residents and businesses
HILLS Council’s Investment Attraction program has been praised by a husband-and-wife business team who recenrly re-located their medical practice and their home to the Sydney Hills.
COUNCIL SINGS FOR CHAMBER
New group gaining momentum
BLACKTOWN City Council has become a foundation member of the Greater Blacktown Business Chamber (GBBC) as no other organisation in the city provides the “voice for business in Blacktown”.
LAUNCH OF WSABE 2014
Winners share experiences
By Mike Walls
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has launched the 2014 Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABEs) at a special event hosted by Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club.
CITY REVAMP CONTINUES
DA lodged for waterfront Riverside Tower
The revamp of Parramatta continues with LIDIS lodging a development application for the 'Riverside Tower' - a new world-class riverfront precinct with residential living, retail, entertainment, a state-of-the-art Conference Centre and a first-class visitor and exhibition facility named the Discovery Centre.
CHAMBER LISTS 2015 ELECTION PRIORITIES
Tax, infrastructure and schooling key issues
THE NSW Business Chamber has launched its policy priorities for the next NSW Government one year out from the next state election.
MO’S RIDING A WAVE OF GOOD KARMA
Blacktown events promoter tackles risks head on
By James Preston
EVERY successful entrepreneur must take a risk. They must leap hurdles, dodge pitfalls and be prepared to play with fire and in this sense Western Sydney entertainment mogul Mohammed Alhaj Al Gala is a man who can only be described as a pyromaniac.
