Mark Beyer

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.

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 handl

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.