Mark Beyer

Seven Group boss Ryan Stokes has signalled his support for the group's struggling media business and has described Australia as the best place for the company to invest.

Family-owned contractor Georgiou Group is continuing to pursue national expansion, with regulatory filings providing a detailed insight into its profitable growth.

Perth-based investment company Perron Group has reported another big profit while flagging plans to diversify its portfolio, anchored by property assets like Central Park and Cockburn Gateway.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the Henderson defence hub; Nigel Satterley; Andrew and Nicola Forrest; labour force data; and state government changes.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss how just one major resources project has been sanctioned in WA this year.

Billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest will step down as Minderoo Foundation co-chairs to pass the baton to prominent barrister and company director Allan Myers.

Just one major resources project has been sanctioned in WA this year and the pipeline of future projects is thin, a review by Business News has found.

An agreement between the state and federal governments will begin the process to develop a consolidated defence precinct at Henderson, with millions committed and billions of investment forecast.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Rio Tinto and Arcadium Lithium, Hancock Prospecting's proposal, Nicheliving's ban, plans for the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre and more.

Dale Alcock’s construction company has had a win in the Supreme Court as it pursues a subsidiary of Simon Trevisan’ Iris Residential over a $1 million claim.

Rio Tinto is boasting the world’s largest lithium resource base and major growth options after striking a counter-cyclical $US6.7 billion ($A9.9 billion) deal to buy Arcadium Lithium.

West Australian Ballet has postponed the search for a permanent artistic director while it completes a strategic review, with David McAllister to fill in for another year.

Annual production at Hancock Prospecting’s proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara has been cut from 20 million tonnes to 12mt after the miner slashed the project footprint.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss house prices, the energy market, Kerry Stokes' private business, goldmining leader Simon Lee and the outlook for the sheep meat industry.

Isabel Vieira and Mark Beyer discuss a success story in WA's superyacht sector.

Perth company Vikal International has quietly and successfully been building luxury vessels for a very select global market for 30 years.

Kerry Stokes’ private company Australian Capital Equity has reported a big jump in annual profit while also disclosing the value of his expansive art collection and other assets.

Morocco is the best-ranked country while Zimbabwe is the worst in the latest Africa Risk Reward Index produced by consulting firm Control Risks and Oxford Economics.

Former Water Corporation executive Matthew Cronin will oversee an $8 million state government program designed to boost the local manufacture of wind farm components.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Viburnum, changes at Tattarang, WA's home builders, global stimulus' impact on miners, the superyacht industry, and a preview of the next magazine.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss the challenges and opportunities in WA’s Indigenous business sector.

Western Australia is likely to lose one of two superyacht builders in the state, as the growing volume of defence work at Henderson squeezes existing industries.

Allegations of ‘black cladding’ are never far from the surface in the Indigenous business sector.

WA’s Indigenous business sector has nearly tripled in size in the past four years, research by Business News has found.

South Korean company Hanwha Ocean has walked away from its $1 billion pursuit of shipbuilder Austal, accusing the target of not engaging constructively in a due diligence process.

The man who runs Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private business empire has exited the board of their peak company but the group insists it is business as usual.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss a decade of change across the BGC empire.

Ten years on from the death of its founder, BGC Australia has dramatically slimmed down.

PwC Australia has reported a sharp decline in annual revenue and staff numbers and a second big fall in partner income after a period of major restructuring.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss two sets of economic data, Perth's property sector, moves by rich listers and more.

Australia recorded another month of strong jobs growth in August, with the data reducing the prospect of interest rate cuts in the next few months.

Western Australia's population growth rate has dipped slightly but remains the fastest growing in the country, helped by solid gains from interstate migration.