Noel Dyson

Aluminium fast ferry builder Wavemaster International has been served with more than $134,000 in writs from creditors in the past month.

Gt Southern’s $280m spend 

Albany steel maker Kosters Steel Construction has sold its Metaland arm to Midalia Steel.

Businesses for sale VineyardPrice: $5 million

Fuel and aircraft costs, along with expenses associated with a takeover bid from Captive-Vision Capital and a legal settlement with former CEO Bill Meake have stripped more than two thirds from Skywest’s profit forecast for 2003-04.

Business approach pays off 

Energy starting to build at HiTec 

Caratti and PMR likely to settle 

Council man makes care shift 

Nedlands shire walking with giants 

Shareholders in Biometrics could be forgiven for wondering what happened to their security technology company, which has undergone significant upheaval since its November 2003 float.

Good results for local drugmakers 

NATIONAL Australia Bank has won a lucrative three-year contract to supply corporate credit card services to the Western Australian Government.

Spinal funds tackles injuries 

WHAT a fortnight it has been for Western Australian regional airline and takeover target, Skywest.

DELAYS to the controversial West Kimberley power project look likely to cost the Western Australian Government at least $16 million.

WORKING with Western Australian jarrah has helped grow a successful business for a family that has only recently arrived in Australia.

ONE of Perth’s largest home-grown car and equipment rental agencies, Apex Car Rentals, has been put into liquidation owing creditors more than $8 million.

New trust coming to town 

Backyard car dealers targeted 

SMALL gas users face little prospect of change in the choice of supplier despite Western Australia’s market having opened to full competition on May 31.

Austal slips closer to contract 

VRI Biomedical is facing legal action in the District Court of Western Australia from a former consultant seeking $135,000.

ALINTA has offloaded its 66 per cent stake in junior telecommunications player Uecomm to SingTel subsidiary Optus for $155 million.

THE Western Australian Museum has become the latest organisation to make a play for the old East Perth Power Station site, hiring HW & Associates for $22,000 to put together a cost planning feasibility study.

THE proposed takeover of Western Australian regional airline Skywest has given its competitors some hope of accessing its protected routes.

A DISPUTE over more than $500,000 between listed auto parts company Advanced Engine Components and big four accounting firm Deloitte has

STEPHEN Rundin, the man alleged to be behind the latest financial scandal to hit exclusive boys college Hale School, has been summonsed

INDEPENDENT petrol station operators are seeing opportunity rather than disaster in Foodland Associated Limited’s pending move into petrol retailing.

ORD River Land Corporation, a company linked to jailed finance broker Graeme Grubb, is being sued for almost $2.4 million.