Leighton Holdings has become the third engineering contractor in recent weeks to announce a major profit downgrade, following Perth-based Clough and Macmahon.
Austereo has continued its dominance of Perth's radio waves with the company's two stations Mix 94.5 and 92.9 taking more than 30 per cent of the listening audience, according to the latest survey.
Challenge Australia Dairy, one of the state's big three dairy producers, has been placed in voluntary administration after attempts to raise additional funds from the company's shareholders, bankers and prospective investors failed.
Perth property values continued to fall in September down 1.7 per cent with the biggest fall in the value of units which were down 4.1 per cent, the latest RP Data survey shows.
The Australian Bankers' Association has hit back at claims that banks are making record profits due to reduced competition, as the Senate announces an inquiry into the sector.
WA-based health insurer HBF returned a record $876.6 million in benefits to its members, turned around a $130 million loss and maintained its market dominance during the 2010 financial year.
Ampella Mining has announced the departure of company chairman and director Bill Ryan but the African-focused miner has given no reason for his resignation.
WHILE the leafy western suburbs of Perth are set to benefit from a new waste disposal treatment facility, new figures suggest the state’s $1.74 billion recycling industry has plateaued.
BURSWOOD-BASED Right Homes was one of two Western Australian winners at the national Housing Industry Association-Boral GreenSmart Awards, crediting a combination of sustainability and affordability for its win.
North West Motel Group, a new Australian company set up to build mining accommodation, has secured $US210 million to build eight new motels in the Pilbara.
International service company Serco Australia, which runs Acacia Prison, has been named the preferred bidder to provide non-clinical facilities and support management at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
WA consumers remain uncertain about the short term prospects for the local economy, according to the latest Curtin Business School-CCI Survey of Consumer Confidence.
CITIC Pacific Mining has formally confirmed long rumoured problems at its Sino Iron project in the Pilbara, sacking its power station contractor Austrian Energy and Environment.
Perth company AnaeCo has been given the green light by the Western Metropolitan Regional Council to construct an expanded waste treatment facility in Shenton Park.
Perth advertising agency, The Brand Agency has taken out another award for "The Box" campaign for Curtin University beating 150 other agencies to win the national Marketing Program of the Year award.
A REPORT card by Engineers Australia on Western Australia’s infrastructure has rated the state’s airports the worst in Australia and telecommunications facilities as equal worst with NSW.
West Australian Newspapers has recorded a $96.2 million net profit after tax for the 2010 financial year, down slightly from $97.1 million for the previous corresponding period.
Premier Colin Barnett has denied the state government has walked away from a deal with building magnate Len Buckeridge to speed the development of a private port at Kwinana.
The state government has announced a $580 million redevelopment of Perth's old Treasury building which will include a six star hotel, a 35 storey office tower and demolition of the adjacent Law Chambers building on Hay Street.
The South West Development Commission is seeking to help residents of Manjimup and Deanmill who will be affected by the possible closure of Gunns operations in WA.
The state government and Western Power have agreed to pay $10 million in compensation to assist residents affected by last December's bushfire in Toodyay.
Forty per cent of WA businesses are looking to employ inexperienced workers over the next 12 months as they move to implement measures to grow and retain their workforce.
