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.
National recruitment firm Building Careers Australia was on shaky ground in its legal action against former state director Lezly D’Limi, the Supreme Court has found.
In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss China volatility, FMG renewables, GDI office plan, GLX's tech innovation, Albany entrepreneur Paul Lionetti, and our features on accountants and tourism.
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has outlined an ambitious plan under which renewable energy will rank alongside the company's core mining business.
US company Equinix is planning to establish a third data centre in Perth, which it said was becoming Australia's second digital gateway to international markets.
Bayswater company Resource Recovery Solutions has been fined $330,000 for a series of workplace safety breaches, the largest fine ever imposed in Western Australia.
Osborne Park-based IT services company DC Two is planning to expand its operations by reopening a tier three data centre that has already had a $10 million investment by its previous tenant.
WA’s largest Aboriginal health service has been placed under special administration while South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has removed its chief executive after a disputed property deal.
In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the US election, China trade war, Clive Palmer, Perth Airport outlook, private company results, interest rates, house prices, office vacancies, and BP's refinery closure.
Rio Tinto has changed the name of its new iron ore mine to Gudai-Darri after a request from Banjima elders, one small step in the miner’s efforts to rebuild trust with traditional owners.
International insurance claims management company Crawford & Company has acquired Australian business HBA Group, which includes Perth-founded HBA Legal.
Perth Airport has revealed the full extent of COVID-19’s impact, with plunging revenue and passenger numbers and an expectation it will take up to four years to fully recover.
Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie discuss: the battle over a lithium miner, corporate lawyers on the move, a new iron ore mine, Perth apartment projects, Karratha's property boom, recycling, commercial property and data disruption.
Privately owned investment company Perron Group has reported a rare annual loss after making big write-downs in the value of its shopping centres and other assets.
A company that unlawfully imported hydrofluorocarbon products into Western Australia has been hit with the largest fine ever issued under Australia’s ozone protection laws.
Prominent Aboriginal mining executive Daniel Tucker has resigned from the company he founded after it scrapped a deal with Fortescue Metals Group in favour of working with Mineral Resources.
Pilbara Minerals has lodged a $US175 million bid for fellow lithium miner Altura Mining, though Altura is working on its own recapitalisation plan after being put in receivership.
Perth business owner Alexandra Burt, whose interests include Voyager Estate winery, has lifted her low public profile by joining the board of Tourism Australia.
Allens is poised to substantially broaden its corporate practice in WA after recruiting two partners from rival firm HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, including Bryn Hardcastle.
Perth-based lithium producer Altura Mining has been placed in receivership after the ASX-listed company was unable to refinance its debt, placing 100 jobs at risk.
Eight of Western Australia’s nine regional centres recorded an increase in median house prices in the September quarter, with Karratha continuing to achieve by far the biggest gains.
In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss: the new lord mayor, UWA restructuring, COVID update, directors survey, property challenges, Pfizer cuts, Tattarang buys RM Williams, Barry Felstead.
Mineral Resources has surprised the market by purchasing an iron ore project from Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation, and also bought into a legal fight with Fortescue Metals Group.
A Perth start-up that has created a specialist online market for adventure gear is poised for expansion after locking in a funding deal with local investment group Eastcourt.
Company directors in Western Australia have become increasingly positive over the past six months in marked contrast to their counterparts in other states.
Crown Resorts chair Helen Coonan has questioned the work of three of her top executives as she sought to defend the gaming company’s board over its own performance.