Mark Beyer

ANALYSIS: Plans for oil exploration in the Canning Basin announced over the weekend may deliver good news for Western Australia, but some of the claims surrounding the latest drilling program are extravagant to say the least.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Pindan, South Perth developments, big leadership changes, Alan Bond's mansion, tourism figures, Sealink expansion, and our biggest exporters.

Privately-owned Perth company APM has struck its third takeover deal in the space of a year, announcing a $51 million takeover agreement with ASX-listed Konekt

A privately-owned international bus operator that commenced operations in Perth in 1995 has struck a friendly merger agreement with SeaLink Travel Group, which operates the Rottnest and Swan River ferry services.

Plans by private equity group Siris Capital to acquire ASX-listed Dreamscape Networks have won strong backing at shareholder meetings held in Perth today. The big winners include managing director Mark Evans.

SPECIAL REPORT: The September quarter update to the BNiQ deals database shows that UBS, Sternship Advisors and Azure Capital have been the most active corporate advisers in the Western Australian market.

SPECIAL REPORT: Accounting firms are widening their services into new areas as they seek a competitive edge.

Western Australian business media company Business News has reorganised its leadership team, with the elevation of Charles Kobelke to chief executive to lead a growth strategy on the back of its subscription model success.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie discuss interest rates, volatile stock markets, our very own BN30 stock index, house prices, Mia Davies, flexible offices, lobsters, government contracting, and our special report on professional services.

Mining technology company Imdex is the latest addition to the BN30 index, Business News’s Western Australian equivalent of the Dow Jones index on the New York Stock Exchange.

Kalgoorlie-based contractor MLG has recruited a high-profile finance executive as it moves closer to joining fellow mining services companies Mader Group and DDH1 Drilling in a stockmarket listing.

Hartleys has reported a big drop in annual revenue and net profit, making it the third major stockbroking firm in Perth to have its results hit by the sharp decline in corporate finance activity over the past year.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Broome infrastructure, Perth's livability, broking profits, mining services IPO, Fini and Goh, Eddy Haegel, Food for Thought, and our special report on residential construction with a new local leader.

IT services company Datacom Systems AU has expanded its presence in Western Australia, recruiting extra staff and transferring the head of its public sector practice to Perth.

Mining services company Mader Group has refined a unique business structure to sustain its profitable growth. Ahead of its ASX listing, we talk to chief executive Patrick Conway about the group's plans and founder Luke Mader's move to the US.

A private WA company has gained state government approval to develop a floating wharf and onshore terminal at the port of Broome, targeting oil and gas services and cruise ships as its main customers.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the mining jobs outlook, workplace deaths, population growth, apartment projects, our special report on tourism, and our latest instalment of Great for the State.

Mining services company Breight Group has established a specialist training centre in Belmont to lift the skill level of workers undertaking maintenance and shutdowns on mine sites.

Western Australia’s annual population growth rate has lifted slightly to 1 per cent but continues to lag the national growth rate of 1.6 per cent.

The state government has invited three companies to tender for the $69 million Denny Avenue level crossing removal.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Landgate's sale, Brexit impact, Tianqi Lithium, hospitality's surprise new offerings, Yukich expansion, and our special report on the gold sector.

The Maritime Union of Australia has voted to break its affiliation with Unions WA in protest over the McGowan government’s plans for a new container port at Cockburn Sound.

Former University of Western Australia chancellor Alex Cohen has been remembered as one of the state’s most respected medical figures.

Tianqi Lithium has officially started operations at the first lithium hydroxide refinery built outside China, with the company aiming to achieve practical completion of stage one of the Kwinana plant next month, while works on stage two have been put on hold.

The long-running debate over Brexit is frustrating but there are much larger issues that will shape business and trade opportunities, the lord mayor of the City of London told a Perth business audience today.

Perth residents’ median age is up, they share their home with fewer people, but are much more likely to be working and paying off a housing loan than their forebears 70 years ago, a new study has found.

Carnegie Clean Energy, which is seeking to raise up to $11.5 million after going into voluntary administration earlier this year, has issued a supplementary prospectus that tones down some of the key claims it made to investors only six weeks ago.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss lithium challenges, EC&M update, Tim Roberts, Subiaco East redevelopment, legal merger, Fogarty Foundation, new state policies, waste-to-energy, and our special report on power infrastructure.

Rich-lister Tim Roberts has achieved a pyrrhic victory against law firm Clayton Utz, after his aircraft leasing business claimed $US37 million ($A54 million) because of negligent advice.

Construction of Perth’s second waste-to-energy plant is scheduled to start later this year after the private consortium behind the East Rockingham project appointed Spanish engineering giant ACCIONA as its main contractor.

HWL Ebsworth Lawyers is set to become the sixth largest law firm in Western Australia after striking a deal to acquire boutique Perth firm Bellanhouse Lawyers.

Galaxy Resources has gained effective control of struggling lithium miner Alita Resources by purchasing a $US28.8 million ($A42 million) secured loan facility.