Mark Beyer

APM Human Services International’s tumultuous three-year stint as a listed company is set to end this month after shareholders backed a $1.3 billion private equity takeover.

The number of women running ASX300 companies has stagnated in the past year with a survey also showing multiple WA companies have no women in their executive leadership group.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss commodity price wins; Greatland Gold's Telfer deal; Perth wave park; EY contract; Little Creatures; and a magazine preview.

When a UFC cage fighter posts on Instagram from a government-sponsored event in Perth, how much value does that deliver? Tourism WA has hired EY to answer that question.

The long-running process of winding-up companies associated with former mining high-flyer Michael Fotios has progressed after a debtors’ deed for Delta Resource Management was approved.

The Fair Work Commission is tightening up the eligibility of paid agents after finding multiple instances of unethical and misleading behaviour.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the economy and interest rates; the PM's Perth visit; Arcadium Lithium; an acquisition by Colliers; ECU, and Perth's largest private companies.

Business executives Kevin Gallagher and Neil Siford have had a small win in the Supreme Court in a costs ruling related to their long-running dispute with Forge Group.

Mark Beyer and Nadia Budihardjo discuss Joanna Millard's ambitions for the automotive business founded by her father.

In her first major interview, Joanna Millard outlines her ambitions for the automotive business her father has run for 55 years.

The state government has taken the unusual step of appointing a career public servant from the health department as WA’s next agent general for a term of just nine months.

Isabel Vieira and Mark Beyer discuss the growth of chemotherapy services at home.

After a four-fold expansion during COVID, the Perth business expects increasing support for home care in the health sector.

The family company that owns John Hughes Group has recruited Melbourne-based business adviser Craig Holland as chairman as it prepares for a wider leadership succession.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss profit season; the relationship between industry and government; CFMEU; De Grey; Nicheliving; BGC and Iplex; John Hughes; and a mag preview.

Iplex Pipelines and the state government have agreed to provide up to $150 million as part of an industry deal to repair damaged houses but BGC Australia is not participating.

Isabel Vieira and Mark Beyer discuss tech company U Group.

South32 boss Graham Kerr says conditions the EPA wants to impose on the alumina industry in WA are alarming and would put many businesses at risk.

Six years after its launch, U Group is a model of success for tech startups chasing global opportunities.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry has highlighted the global miner’s focus on copper as its largest growth opportunity while an iron ore expansion is just a possibility.

BHP has reported a small rise in annual revenue and underlying earnings but its bottom-line profit and dividend are both sharply lower.

OPINION: This publication has regularly questioned the merit of the NAIF but its latest $150 million loan makes an absolute travesty of its original mandate.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Regis' McPhillamys project; BGC's asset sales and legal action; CFMEU; McGowan's new role; Lennon retires from Peet; and major property deals.

Sam Jones and Mark Beyer discuss the state of renewables projects in WA.

The Perth home builder’s legal move is additional to a class action against pipe manufacturer Iplex and comes after it spent $18 million repairing damaged properties.

All the talk is on renewables, yet there are no major wind or solar projects currently under construction in WA’s South West.

Peet chairman Tony Lennon plans to retire later this year, bringing an end to one of the longest periods any individual has led a major listed company.

Mining lobbyist Rebecca Tomkinson and KPMG partner Paul Howes are among seven people appointed to the federal government’s Green Metals Advisory Panel.

Iluka Resources said today construction of its Eneabba rare earths refinery was dependent on getting more government support to meet higher costs but was unable to update shareholders.

Engineering and construction contractor McConnell Dowell, including its subsidiary Built Environs, is aiming to list on the ASX as part of a restructuring by its South African parent.

Schaffer Corporation has reported a doubling in annual profit to $27.1 million, helped by a big revaluation of its large Jandakot industrial property.

The state government has committed $20 million to kickstart delivery of an infrastructure strategy for Kwinana but the total bill is likely to run into the billions.