East Perth-based engineering consulting company Lycopodium Ltd has exceeded its mid-year forecast with a $7.6 million net profit for the year ending 2006 - up 41 per cent on the previous corresponding period. Also see our website for other profit announce
Subiaco-based debt collectors Repcol Limited announced a net profit after tax of $9.7 million for year ended 30 June 2006, a period which inccluded the acquisition of its debt purchasing associate Javelin SPV1 Pty Ltd.
NSW-based Coffey International Ltd has bought its second WA-based company in two weeks, with its subsidiary Coffey Environments acquiring Perth-based environmental consulting firm ATA Environmental for $4.4 million and a $1.3 million in shares.
The $60 million conversion of a commercial chemical tanker into a naval oiler - the biggest contract ever undertaken at the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson - has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule.
Skywest Ltd will end its Perth-Karratha service on Friday, after being unable to attract the 30 per cent of the mining market necessary for it to remain viable.
Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications Ltd has announced an 82 per cent jump in net profit to $3.2 million for the year ended June 30 2006, compared to $1.8 million in the previous financial year.
Findings of the AC Nielsen International Visitor Survey show peaks and troughs in key Western Australian tourism markets, with the number of international visitors declining while spending went up.
Automotive Holdings Group Ltd announced today that it has finalised terms and reached agreement to purchase two Ford and two Mazda dealerships in Auckland, New Zealand.
Former company directors Geoffrey Francis MacPherson and Joanne Kay MacPherson, both of Mt Pleasant, have been banned from managing corporations for five years each by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The WA industrial relations system is alive and well despite uncertainties caused by the Federal Government's Work Choices amendments, according to the Chief Commissioner of the WA Industrial Relations Commission, Tony Beech.
South Perth-based Aztec Resources Limited has signed a long term contract for iron ore sales from its Koolan Island project with Japan's Marubeni Corporation.
A subsidiary of Perth-based minerals explorer Grange Resources Ltd has been granted a substantial tax incentive by the Malaysian Government for its Kemaman Pellet Plant Project.
West Perth-based gold mining company Dominion Mining Ltd has announced a $17.7 million turnaround in its financial results, reporting a net profit after tax of $9 million for the year to 30 June 2006.
Perth-based Resolute Mining Ltd has announced a consolidated net profit before tax and unrealised treasury losses of $11.5 million for the year ended 30 June 2006, down 6.5 per cent from the $12.3 million posted in the previous period.
Australia's new auditing standards are expected to increase the cost and time required to complete an audit, but will improve quality and public confidence, according to a survey conducted by CPA Australia.
Perth Airport parent body Westralia Airports Corporation has announced an increase in operating profit, on the back of a strong year in its property division and increases in car park capacity and passenger numbers.
West Perth-based explorer Rox Resources Ltd has appointed Jeff Gresham as chairman after founding chair Alistair Cowden quit the company to focus on his role as managing director of Vulcan Resources Ltd.
Tourism linked to heritage is set to receive a boost, with Heritage Minister Michelle Roberts and Tourism Minister Sheila McHale announcing the State Government will invest $250,000 in this specialist area.
Canning Vale-based drilling, blasting and exploration contractors Ausdrill Ltd has annouced a net profit of $19 million for the year ended June 30 2006, down 12 per cent from the $21.5 million secured in the 2004-05 period.
West Perth-based iron ore company Mt Gibson Iron Ltd has announced a net profit of $23.5 million for the year ended June 30 2006, a 74 per cent increase on the previous year's net profit of $13.5 million.
Volatility in the tin and nickel sectors have forced an alteration of the merger agreement between East Perth-based companies Bluestone Tin Ltd and Metals Exploration Ltd, announced on May 1.
The 2005-06 reporting season saw the Australian insurance industry announce record results, which were produced despite increased competition and lower investment returns, according to a KPMG survey.
West Perth-based nickel producer Western Areas NL aims to raise $45 million through a non-renouncable entitlements issue to fund expansion of the company's Flying Fox mine and exploration of the company's other nickel projects.
Mills Wilson Communication Consultants, Rio Tinto and the Department of Education and Training have won three of the 17 Public Relations Institute of Australia Golden Target awards for excellence, best practice and professionalism in PR.
