Mark Beyer

Global insurance brokers Marsh and BMS Group have each expanded their WA presence, adding to a string of M&A deals by big players snapping up local operators.

Three businesses formed in Perth have been given a new lease of life after being acquired by global players.

Perth advisory firm Azure Capital has been mandated to find a new owner for national convenience store chain 7-Eleven, which is chaired by Perth-based Michael Smith.

Former WA bureaucrat Reece Waldock is one of three transport experts drafted in by the federal government to review its infrastructure pipeline and set new priorities.

The government body that operates the wholesale energy market in WA has applied for a 76 per cent increase in capital spending after underestimating the complexity of market reforms.

Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside's Pluto gas project.

A surprise ASX announcement from a national fertiliser company has revealed that private Perth company Perdaman has secured funding for its giant $6.4 billion urea project in the Pilbara.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss The Perth Mint, the Reserve Bank of Australia review, Town of Cambridge, Essential Metals, and possible changes to the federal petroleum tax.

The federal government has announced grants to three big timber processing companies in WA in another sign the industry's future rests with softwood plantation timber.

The state government has launched a strategic review of Gold Corporation, which operates the Perth Mint, with a sale of the business one option.

Rio Tinto has reported record first-quarter iron ore shipments as it continues to benefit from strong commodity prices, while China's iron ore imports are at record levels.

Three weeks after WA Ballet announced the surprise departure of its popular artistic director, the company's chair has revealed its board made the call to not renew his contract.

Perth-based investment bank Azure Capital has substantially boosted its Sydney office, with former managing partner Adrian Arundell moving east and a new director recruited from Gresham.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has signalled the federal government will tighten the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax to bring in more revenue after Treasury completed a major review.

Genesis Minerals is understood to have locked in a new deal to buy St Barbara's Leonora assets for $600 million while removing risks tied to its earlier merger plan.

Mineral Resources has taken up a substantial stake in ASX-listed Essential Metals, a lithium explorer currently in the crosshairs of Tianqi Lithium and IGO.

WA's new Aboriginal heritage laws have been broadly welcomed but raised concerns about the capacity of Indigenous corporations to deliver on their new responsibilities.

In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the new maternity hospital, EY and Deloitte, Kwinana nickel plant, housing construction crisis, foreign investment, agribusiness, sport and $5.2

Perth's largest accounting firm has selected Tim Richards to succeed Michael McNulty, who has overseen rapid growth during his 10 years as office managing partner.

EY has halted the planned separation of its audit and consulting practices after divisions emerged over the proposed carve-up, particularly in the US.

Perth's new Women and Babies Hospital will be shifted from Nedlands to the southern suburbs, in part because of planning issues highlighted one year ago by Business News.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the latest on housing shortages, property prices, interest rates and tourism numbers.

Canadian engineering giant WSP Global will more than double the size of its WA operation to 1,300 people after agreeing to buy most of Calibre Group's business.

Matt Mckenzie and Mark Beyer discuss Western Australia's 50 most influential people. Plus: Tourism spending, referendum and CBD office vacancies.

Our annual update of WA's 50 most influential people analyses those using their role and profile to make a difference.

Highly-feted Perth startup Tiller Rides is seeking a new owner to help commercialise its e-bikes after being hit by delays and churning through $5 million from investors.

Five months after striking a deal to buy Pfizer's WA manufacturing operation, Bridgewest Group has completed the purchase and outlined plans to add to its 400 local staff.

Perth-based contractor Whittens has been fined $425,000 over the death of a worker at Inpex's Ichthys LNG facility near Darwin in 2017.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss WA's booming critical minerals sector, plus the latest on Qantas and Activ Foundation.

Mineral Resources has stepped up its calls for increased government support for processing of ‘critical minerals' in Australia saying it is needed to match subsidies on offer elsewhere.

ANALYSIS: Richard Goyder is renowned as one of Australia's top company chairs but he seems to have surprisingly modest expectations for his chief executives, especially Gillon McLachlan.

South Africa's Murray & Roberts is poised to regain control of Perth-based RUC Cementation Mining Contractors while selling its majority stake in another local firm, Insig Technologies.