Mark Beyer

In the final part of our cash flow management series, Mark Beyer looks at finance options.

FORMER property developer Tony Fini has unveiled an ambitious plan to establish a new tourism venture at his family’s olive grove near Gingin, north of Perth.

Nearly $100 million has been invested in olive groves in Western Australia over the past few years. Mark Beyer and Chris Leitch look at some of the looming challenges as the industry matures.

Dozens of talented young people leave Perth every year for the excitement and opportunity of bigger cities. But there is also a steady flow of returnees. What brings them back? And how do they cope with ‘Dullsville’? Mark Beyer reports.

In part three of our series on cash flow management, Mark Beyer looks at the role of technology.

ONE of the common laments of people wanting to return to Perth is that there aren’t enough good opportunities in the local business sector.

THE management team leading the buyout of broking firm Hartleys is planning substantial growth over the coming six months as it moves toward completion of the transaction next mon

THE Water Corporation has launched a business improvement program that is likely to lead to further staff cuts.

COMPANIES worried about corporate fraud have recently been given stark reminders about the magnitude of the problem.

AFTER 19 years working in high finance in London, Simon Withers has used his return to Perth to make a clean break.

FOR corporate lawyers Geoffrey Grice and Rupert Lewi, the return to Perth has been smoother than for many other professionals.

THE rising value of the Australian dollar risks putting a big dent in the State Government’s budget figures, Treasurer Eric Ripper said this week.

AUSTRALIA’S publicly listed debt collection companies have improved their financial performance over the past year but the sector as a whole is characterised by weak earnings.

IT was just five years ago when the small Victorian towns of Rupanyup and Minyip joined forces with Bendigo Bank to establish Australia’s first Community Bank.

BACK-DOOR listings have enabled many small Perth companies to make it onto the Australian Stock Exchange, but rising costs could change the equation.

In the second part of our series on cash flow management, Mark Beyer looks at trends in trade payments.

XANADU Wines is seeking a new chief executive after Andrew Moore resigned from the company following last year’s unexpectedly large $6.2 million net loss.

A FEDERAL parliamentary report has added its voice to calls for tangible action, including tax concessions, to arrest the slide in mineral exploration spending in Australia.

CHEVRONTEXACO has surprised the local engineering industry by deciding to build the Gorgon gas project along similar lines to the North West Shelf project.

THE $36 million WA Maritime Museum at Fremantle Harbour won the major prize at this year’s engineering excellence awards, following its success in the State’s architecture awards.

GLOBAL banking group JPMorgan is likely to sell its 50 per cent shareholding in Paterson Ord Minnett unless the local broking firm agrees to merge with Sydney-based Ord Minnett this year.

BROKING firm Paterson Ord Minnett’s national expansion took another step forward this week when Burdett Buckeridge Young’s corporate finance team started with the firm in Sydney.

In the first part of our series on cash flow management, Mark Beyer introduces some strategies businesses can employ.

The long-running saga over ownership of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline is heading towards a climax, with two bidders at the forefront, as Mark Beyer reports.

THE Western Australian government gave in-principle support this week for what could be one of Australia’s biggest resource projects but major questions remain about the amount of work local industry will pick up from the Gorgon project.

SONS of Gwalia, Austal, Iluka Resources, Clough, Woodside and Burswood are among the best known companies in Western Australia.

WESFARMERS and Alinta have formally teamed up for a possible joint bid for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.

OFFICE supply business Sands & McDougall is about to change hands for the third time in two and a half years.

In the final part of our fleet management series, Mark Beyer seeks advice from some of the major players in the local market.

THE State Government has responded to industry criticism by modifying two key aspects of its business tax reforms.

FLEETWOOD Corporation managing director Greg Tate has a simple way of explaining the company’s business.

ACCOUNTING and business software suppliers MYOB and Reckon have both reported solid growth in sales and profits in their latest financial results.