Mark Beyer

THE Western Australian Government has agreed to sign a deal with other States and Territories to try and prevent cross-border “poaching” of businesses and events.

SEALANES, Western Power and Brightwater are three very different organisations with highly varied approaches to fleet management.

AFTER 13 years as director of the WA Division of Engineers Australia, Richard Usher is moving into academia at Curtin University.

CAR rental firms and fleet managers are starting to purchase and licence vehicles in Queensland and Victoria to avoid high taxes in Western Australia.

THE Australian Taxation Office plans to conduct 70,000 compliance reviews this year to detect and deal with businesses operating in the black economy.

A THREE-COMPANY consortium of Clough Engineering, Henry Walker Eltin and Maunsell has been selected as preferred proponent for Main Roads’ first alliance contract.

LOCAL industry is in danger of missing out on major engineering and construction work on Woodside’s $1.5 billion Enfield oil project, casting doubt on its chances of winning work on future big offshore projects such as Gorgon.

A PROPOSAL to exempt insurance agents from disclosing commissions on risk products has been roundly criticised by financial planners and the consumer lobby.

THE State Government has endorsed a plan for the delivery through just five agencies of all high-volume corporate services for government departments.

TWO of Perth’s leading biotechnology companies are coming together, with pSivida’s BioSilicon technology to be evaluated for use in Clinical Cell Culture’s products.

In the first of a three-part series on fleet management, Mark Beyer looks at the changing profile of the industry.

MORTGAGE brokers are about to become a lot more visible across Perth, with three competing groups set to open new shopfront offices in coming months.

THE local developer of an innovative perimeter security system has concluded a national distribution agreement with Alarmcom, one of Australia’s major wholesalers of electronic security products.

This week Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the tighter insurance market.

UNITED Farmers Co-operative has foreshadowed more intense competition in Western Australia’s fertiliser market following the opening last week of its new bulk h

WHAT do meatworkers, corporate advisory firm Mainsheet Corporate and emerging technology company Smarttrack Pty Ltd have in common?

THE owners of the Goldfields Gas Transmission Pipeline have agreed to invest $11 million in a new compressor station to expand the capacity of the pipeline.

FROM 11,500 recent audits for superannuation compliance, the ATO has found that $124 million of super funds remain unpaid.

CORPORATE advisery firm Mainsheet Corporate has set sail from its big brother, with management buying out 50 per cent shareholder Freehills.

WESTERN Australian businesses have been urged to start planning now for the implementation of international accounting standards in 2005.

A NATIONAL package to tackle the crisis in professional indemnity insurance has been welcomed by a range of professional groups.

THE good news was flowing freely at Wesfarmers’ annual profit announcement this week, with managing director Michael Chaney speaking positively about the compan

In this week’s article on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at business risks that may not be properly managed.

A US investment fund plans to start actively marketing a new type of capital raising in the local market after completing its first deal with an Australian Stock Exchange-listed company.

VENTURE capital group VentureAxess has outlined ambitious growth plans, including $40 million of capital raisings, following its merger with Perth’s TechStart Fund Managers.

THE methodology used by business brokers to value businesses was roundly criticised at an accounting forum in Perth early this week.

VENTUREAXESS’S wide range of investments includes a small firm at Jurien Bay that is tackling one of the key challenges facing the global aquaculture industry.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

FINANCIAL Services Reform legislation could force many accountants to decide on the direction and structure of their business, a seminar in Perth was told this

A REVIEW of planned business tax changes has concluded that Western Australia’s stamp duty regime will be far more onerous than that of any other State.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

AN innovative security system developed in Perth has attracted wide industry interest after being judged second best new product at a major national trade show last month.