Mark Beyer

International design and engineering firm Hyder Consulting has acquired Perth business BCH Engineering Consultants, which has built a sizeable niche in the Pilbara since being established six years

Property developer Adrian Fini is among a group of investors who have acquired the Sebel Hotel in Mandurah , five months after his old company Mirvac Group sold the property.

Nedlands-based Forge Group has won a $125 million contract to deliver a new peak-load power station in South Hedland for government utility Horizon Power.

Resource Development Group has won an engineering and project management contract at Norton Gold Fields' $40 million Enterprise project.

Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has foreshadowed a 70 per cent increase in half-year net profit and says its outlook has been buoyed by developments in the Pilbara ion ore sector.

The credibility of each party's spending promises is emerging as a key issue in the unofficial state election campaign.

LEIGHTON Properties has stolen a march on rival developers, including Brookfield Properties, aiming to start work on Perth's next large office buildings.

THE past 12 months was a lean time for lawyers working in the corporate finance field, with a slump in both takeover deals and capital raisings.

WA Business News apologises to subscribers who have been inconvenienced by technical problems with the distribution of our daily emails.

The last time I saw Sam Walsh, it was just before Christmas and he was shopping with his wife at David Jones in Claremont. As always, he had time to stop for a chat.

Events of the past month show that dealing with uncertainty continues to be one of the few certainties facing business.

WITH a sharp slump last year in the number and value of stock market floats, and little sign of a recovery, more emerging companies will likely pursue a backdoor listing.

Competition in the state's investment banking sector is hotter than ever despite a fall-off in takeover deals and capital raisings last year.

TREASURER Troy Buswell and Labor's Treasury spokesman Ben Wyatt have agreed to an exclusive face-to-face debate, to be hosted by WA Business News, in the final fortnight of the election ca

Sundance Resources is on the brink of big changes, as its 18-month takeover saga approaches a finale and its African iron ore project completes major milestones.

State treasurer Troy Buswell and Labor's treasury spokesman Ben Wyatt have agreed to an exclusive face-to-face election debate, to be hosted by WA Business News, in the final fortnight of

Victoria has overtaken Western Australia to be the country's most competitive state for business taxes, an updated study by the Institute of Public Affairs has found.

Gina Rinehart's private company Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd has belatedly revealed the scale of its income and profits by lodging annual returns for 2010 and 2011 with the Australian Securities and

The upheavals in the iron ore sector dominated news in 2012 but our readers were also keen to hear about mining magnates, real estate, new hotels and one particular barrister.

The upheaval of recent months has obscured the record investment in the resources sector and the big growth in production coming in future years.

Common sense is often forgotten when the topics of Chinese investment and farming get discussed.

BHP Billiton has extricated itself from the contentious Browse gas project, agreeing to sell its interest to PetroChina in the third major ownership change the project has seen this year.

THE total value of major shopping centre upgrades either under way or announced in Perth this year has reached nearly $1 billion.

Western Australia has an abundance of gas and explorers are looking for more, both offshore and onshore, but there are questions over how much growth the industry can sustain.

Woodside managing director Peter Coleman has called for a broader debate on productivity issues, saying there has been too much focus on blue collar wage rates and not enough on costs the gas indus

Perth-based mining company Talison Lithium has accepted a sweetened takeover proposal from China's Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group, which trumped a competing proposal from an international chemicals

Local businesses wanting to tap into the resources sector have not missed their chance, but the future will not be as easy as it once was for contractors and suppliers to the big projects.

UNDERSTANDING the growing complexity of remuneration packages is a challenging exercise for investors seeking to determine the value, or otherwise, offered by a company's management team.

LOOKING at the remuneration packages negotiated by newly appointed chief executives in Perth, there is a common pattern -5 size equals money.

Tougher economic times and increased scrutiny have put a cap on the growth of executive remuneration.

The story of three fascinating enterprises operating in the Great Southern should provide inspiration and encouragement for business owners across the state.

THE state government has delayed further consideration of one of its key energy policy reforms after industry players expressed concern about the cost and effectiveness of the proposed gas bulletin