Business

By Claire Ottaviano IN a bid to keep local vendors’ heads above water, the Perth Hills Artisan Markets are heading online. The collapse of the markets due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and Government mandates on social distancing and closures ...

By Claire Ottaviano THE building formerly known as Nalgoo Inn and later Mahogany News and Supermarket is getting a new lease on life as works at the prominent Great Eastern Highway site begin. Mother-of-three Shorrelle Watkins bought the property, which ...

A NEW restaurant in Kalamunda has been targeted in an alleged theft just weeks after opening. Kalamunda Tap House Restaurant (KTHR) located on the corner of Haynes Street and Central Mall, was operating business as usual last Thursday.    It ...

By Breanna Inferrera TAKEAWAY coffee cups, wrapped treats and an RSVP guest list are just some of the measures a Maida Vale nursery is putting into place to ensure this year’s Garden Releaf Day goes ahead amid COVID-19. On March ...

THE impact of COVID-19 is being felt across Western Australia, but perhaps nowhere is feeling it more than the Swan Valley. As the closest wine region to Perth’s CBD, the Valley is massively popular with overseas and interstate visitors, in ...

CANCELLATIONS and caution are the two major impacts of the COVID-19 virus across the Echo News readership, as the Cities of Kalamunda and Swan and the Shire of Mundaring reacted swiftly last week to cancel a raft of community events. ...

IN the midst of a pandemic, you would assume that from an economic sense, pharmacies are likely to be major financial beneficiaries. After all, pharmacies are the first port of call for anyone needing medication. However according to the head ...

By Claire Ottaviano BUSINESSES in Midland’s central business district are no closer to relief from parking headaches after a motion for a review of paid parking was postponed for a second time. In Parking woes strike Midland’s heart (Echo News, ...

By Claire Ottaviano A PETITION signed by representatives of 120 Shire of Mundaring businesses has called on the Council to set aside money in the upcoming budget for economic development and tourism strategies. The Mundaring Chamber of Commerce petition was ...

By Claire Ottaviano A MIDLAND Café owner who was “crucified” on social media for allegedly ejecting a woman with a service dog from the café’s dining room this week says there was no dog present at the time of the ...