Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss COVID, Ukraine, the Mineral Resources board, Crown, Velrada, GDP, Probuild and Cygnet West.

Ertech founder Jim Giumelli is the driving force behind a training academy helping at-risk or disadvantaged students get into the workforce.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer profiles a training academy helping at-risk and disadvantaged students enter the workforce.

Australia’s top corporate regulator said today there was not a strong basis to take legal action against the directors of Crown Resorts, despite the revelations in three major inquiries.

Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has scrapped his short-lived plan to join the board of Mineral Resources, leaving him with a dented reputation.

The big winners from the $80 million-plus deal will be Velrada's founders and major shareholders Rob and Jennifer Evans.

Privately-owned Perth tech company VGW Holdings has continued its spectacular growth, reporting a 63 per cent surge in revenue and a half-year profit of $308 million.

The combined firm is the fourth largest on the Business News’ list of advertising and branding agencies in Western Australia.

Packer & Co’s $2 billion investment fund is down 12 per cent for the month of February after its large portfolio of Russian stocks collapsed in value.

As WA opens to the rest of the country, business leaders are debating which industries the state should target for growth.

Barrenjoey Capital Partners has greatly bolstered both its local team and its national mining credentials by recruiting the head of Goldman Sachs’ Perth office.

Perseus Mining has struck a friendly $C219 million deal to acquire full ownership of Canada’s Orca Gold Inc, which owns 70 per cent of a development project in Sudan.

Andrew Forrest’s private company has committed to develop Australia’s largest renewable energy project, while FFI is proceeding with a green energy project.

Jack Bendat arrived in Perth 56 years ago with little money and no connections. He proceeded to carve a business career that made him one of WA’s most successful entrepreneurs.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer profiles WA's resurgent lithium industry.

Alcoa of Australia and engineering contractor Monadelphous have been fined a total of $50,000 after two workers were exposed to asbestos at Alcoa’s Pinjarra alumina refinery.

The federal government has revealed the likely cost break-down of major upgrades to the Armadale rail line, with the combined cost increasing to nearly $2 billion.

King & Wood Mallesons has achieved a major recruiting coup by luring one of Perth’s top corporate lawyers, Roger Davies, and his experienced colleague Antonella Pacitti.

Bankwest has told staff it plans a major shift in strategy, with its entire business banking operation to be shifted to parent company Commonwealth Bank.

Crown Resorts has reported a 23 per cent fall in activity at Burswood since the state government imposed proof of vaccination as a condition of entry.

Surging construction activity in the lithium sector will provide increased opportunities for local workshops and sub-contractors.

Azure Capital has appointed three new partners, including a recruit from global investment bank Goldman Sachs, to support the growth of its infrastructure practice.

Complete Home Filtration was one of six local winners at this year’s Telstra Best of Business awards, just 15 months after being a winner at Business News’ RISE awards.

BHP has increased its interim dividend after reporting a big increase in half-year profit and says higher inflation will be a long-term positive for its business.

Perth-based Harvest Technology Group has signed a partner deal with satellite communications company Inmarsat, adding to several other agreements with global companies.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss industry assistance, FMG's renewable energy project, construction costs, lithium growth, commercial property and ports and transport.

The Supreme Court has ordered former insurance broker Andrew Donnelly to pay costs incurred by his former companies after he rejected an offer for half the amount.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer digs into a contentious privatised parking contract that is central to billions of dollars worth of developments flagged for QEII medical centre.

The joint owners of the giant Greenbushes lithium mine in WA’s South West are planning a $1.4 billion expansion, regulatory filings in Hong Kong have revealed.

Exploration company Pacific Bauxite has revealed it will not proceed with a contentious name change despite gaining shareholder approval this year.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market volatility, what WA needs, workplace harrassment, Kevin Gallagher, MG Kailis, COVID concerns, supply chain dramas, the legal sector and rare earths.

Perth-based Carbon Group has added to its interstate presence with the acquisition of Adelaide-based Symes Accountants, its fourth purchase in the space of six months.