Mark Beyer

Nearly 1,000 guests attended this week’s announcement of WA Business News’ 40under40 awards, with the winners coming from areas as diverse as real estate, medical research, food and mining. Click the headline above to see video highlights, including interviews with winners.

The West Australian Ballet and Black Swan State Theatre Company are among six arts companies across Australia to win extra funding in the federal government’s new cultural policy.

Having listened to many winners and losers in the state election, there are some clear lessons emerging.

CONTINUED high occupancy rates and room rates in the Perth hotel sector have ensured a positive trading performance for Fraser Suites Perth, the city’s first major new hotel in six years.

A BUSSELTON real estate agent has learned the hard way how not to invest in property.

 South Perth company Gulf Mines has announced plans to acquire an interest in an Indonesian manganese project developed by Western Australian mining veteran Michael Kiernan.

The receiver of national printing group GEON is continuing negotiations over the future of its Perth business, following the sale today of its NSW and Victorian operations and the closure of its Qu

Western Australians have a choice between flawed but strong leadership from the Liberals or an energetic, unproven alternative in Labor.

In the first of a quarterly series on executive remuneration, we find that listed companies of all sizes have started cutting chief executive salaries but are still designing packages that offer plenty of upside.

The credibility of Liberal and Labor election promises are both under question, with Troy Buswell admitting the Liberals three major pledges are reliant on being half funded by the Commonwealth, an

Engineering and construction contractor VDM Group has reported a blow-out in its half-year loss to $60 million, up from a loss of $47 million in the previous corresponding period.

Land developer Peet has reported a net profit of $1.2 million for the half year to December 2012, and foreshadowed better results in the second half of the financial year and in future years.

Iron Ore Holdings and Mineral Resources have struck an agreement that will result in the development this year of the Iron Valley mine in the Pilbara.

Gindalbie Metals chairman George Jones will step down from the role in April - coinciding with the company officially launching its Karara iron ore project in the Mid West.

Voters need to remember that some of the most significant and positive changes in WA have come from governments doing less, not more.

THE resources sector accounts for about 18 per cent of economic activity in Australia, double its share from a decade ago, a new study has found.

MINING construction projects have continued to be fruitful territory for indigenous contractors in Western Australia, with the latest initiative teaming an experienced contracting group with a new

Chevron Australia has struck a deal with Beach Energy that will see the US energy giant spend at least million and potentially as much as million on two onshore gas exploration fields.

Experienced Aboriginal contracting group Eastern Guruma has teamed up with a new entrant to the sector, Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, to win a $200 million contract in the Pilbar

Contractor NRW Holdings has reported a solid increase in half-year profit but signalled a slowdown in its business, particularly its contract mining division, in the second half of the year.

Shares in Woodside Petroleum have hit an 18-month high as the group delivered higher esarnings from its Australian oil and gas assets and outlined plans to invest in two overseas projects.

As the state election campaign heats up, the focus is on fiscal responsibility more than ever.

CONSTRUCTION companies are eyeing the state government’s record capital works budget as they seek future business opportunities.

ST John of God Health Care chief executive Michael Stanford has no hesitation in naming the single most important factor in his ability to achieve successful outcomes on the group’s construction pr

PERTH builder Gerry Hanssen is a great example of the value of aligning your business with good partners.

The construction sector is meant to be in a protracted slump, but that’s not the message coming from contractors in WA.

Macmahon Holdings has rejected the latest takeover offer from Indian-owned firm Sembawang Australia, saying it was incapable of being practically implemented.

The mining tax and public transport planning in Perth have one thing in common; they both show the danger of making policy on the run.

THE lively start to the year for Perth’s property market has continued, with four substantial retail and industrial properties changing hands in the past week in deals worth an estimated $275 milli

MORE than four years after the onset of the GFC, it seems property investors in Perth are still adjusting to the persistently weaker conditions in the Western Australian market.

THE Motor Industry Training Association has become the second industry group in Western Australia to gain a tax break after arguing successfully that it was a charitable organisation.

PERTH company Plan B Financial Services has had four ownership models over the past 20 years, but new boss Terry Dillon argues the latest is the best yet.