As Senior Editor at Business News, Mark Beyer has a wide-ranging brief to research, analyse and report on the issues, trends and personalities affecting the business community in Western Australia.
Mr Beyer has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He joined Business News in 2002 and previously worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience.
Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Hancock Prospecting, Scarborough green light, Chevron, Kwik Logistics, Aboriginal heritage, executive salaries and biggest employers.
NRW Holdings’ shareholders have lodged multiple protest votes at today’s annual general meeting while also supporting a lift in the company’s share price.
Peppermint Grove neighbours best known for their business acumen are fighting in court over a sliver of land "hardly wide enough to accommodate a punnet of petunias".
Horticulture and nursery businesses north of Perth are concerned about a government plan to cut their groundwater allocations. Perth residents using bore water also face cuts.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Roy Hill profits, Woodside's Pluto 2, Rob Scott, JobKeeper, Burswood apartments, Swanbourne Cellars and Albany Hilton.
Iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings doubled its profit last year to $4.4 billion, triggering a big dividend payout to shareholders led by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.
Melbourne-based company director Peter Lowe has replaced John Langoulant as chair of two major gas companies, adding to his many other roles including chair of DGL Group.
Mining boss Chris Ellison has described labour shortages in WA as the worst he has ever seen after announcing plans to shut some high-cost iron ore mines.
Peter Woronzow has been formally appointed director general of the Department of Transport, one of five DG roles the state government has needed to fill.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer goes behind the curtain of Perth Festival's new business structure and 2022 program.
Perth Festival has released a dramatically changed program for 2022 along with its first-ever 12-month financial report since becoming a stand-alone company.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Westfield Booragoon expansion, local deals, local busts, Tim Goyder, Megan Wynne, Perth Festival, accountants and hydrogen.
ASX-listed companies have detailed roughly $2 billion in JobKeeper payments spanning the last two financial years, with only a handful making voluntary repayments.
Shares in mega stock market float APM Human Services International made a soft start today, falling slightly but still leaving the company worth more than $3 billion.
Orica has made a $20 million-plus investment in mining technology by purchasing WA companies RIG Technologies, from Wallis Drilling, and Hopper Industrial Group.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jordan Murray walks through the state government's newly proposed reforms to the Local Government Act.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss WA's COVID plan, Mia Davies, Perth Airport, WA private company results, COP26 and what it means for WA, workplace safety, innovator of the year Vision Phama, and much more on science and innovation.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer unpacks what goes into a search fund and their emergence as an investment vehicle in Perth.
Perth Airport has revealed its chairman, Nev Power, has taken a leave of absence from its board while he deals with charges related to breaching COVID travel restrictions.
Family-owned CFC Group has reported a solid increase in profit and dividends as executive chairman Philip Cardaci and his brother’s widow Mae Cardaci continue their legal fight.
In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Crown, VGW profit, Woodside hydrogen, Pindan, APM, recycling sector, and who are our biggest exporters.
The value of state government contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses has fallen by 21 per cent over the past year though the number of contracts has risen.